| However, it was more commonly used to refer to land that was in the direct territories of the Edo bafuku (called Tenryo) but whose control was actually entrusted to Daimyo (feudal lords), Hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu) or ongoku-bugyo (Edo bakufu government officers placed outside Edo), who were otherwise called Azukari-dokoro. |
しかしながら、もっとも知られているものは江戸幕府の直轄地（天領）を大名・旗本・幕府の遠国奉行らに預けて統治を代行させた土地を指す（「預所」とも）。 |