Daikan (代官) was an official in ancient Japan that acted on behalf of a ruling monarch or a lord at the post they had been appointed to. Since the Middle Ages, daikan were in charge of their territory and territorial tax collection. In the Edo period, daikan were local governors in charge of the government and security of domain and shogunate territories.[1]
- ^ Nihon dai hyakka zensho. Shōgakkan. 1989. 代官. ISBN 4-09-526001-7. OCLC 14970117.