| In particular, machi-kata yoriki under machi-bugyo (the post in charge of townspeople's affairs or officers in the post) was famous, assisted machi-bugyo, and played the functions of administration, judicature, and police. |
そのなかで有名なものは、町奉行配下の町方与力で、町奉行を補佐し、江戸市中の行政・司法・警察の任にあたった。 |