688 GLOSSARY OF SELECTED TERMS
company of guests.
Chigyo
%}'fr.
Originally meaning "to carry out the functions of office," this term was fre-
quently used to refer to income, especially tax rice, from land. Most commonly used
in the medieval to the Tokugawa period to refer to income from fief granted to war-
riors by their overlord.
ChigyOkoku
ia'nS. Province (koku) held as fief
(chigyO)
by a warrior. Also, in the Heian
and early Kamakura periods, an entire province held in proprietorship by a ranking
court noble or religious institution appointed by the civil government to serve as pro-
vincial proprietor (kokushu) of the public land.
Chinjo E^tfc. Statement of rebuttal in a judicial inquiry that along with a statement of
ac-
cusation
(sojo)
and the collection and analysis of evidence, became the basis for judg-
ment.
Chinjufu shogun
M^FI^^W-
General who commanded the headquarters for pacifica-
tion and defense in northern Honshu established during the Nara period.
ChinsO
(or chinzd) Hft!. Originally referring to sacred aspects of the Buddha manifested
in physical characteristics. In Japan, chiefly a genre of sculpture and painting devoted
to the realistic, three-dimensional portrayal of the seated or standing figures of
historical Zen priests.
Chinzei
bugyO
IfifS^fr. A post held in Kyushu by two commissioners appointed by the
Kamakura bakufu to oversee local affairs and maintain peace among the Minamoto
vassals. Superseded by the Chinzei tandai in the late thirteenth century.
Chinzei dangijo |RjSI&S£iW. Office established in 128; at Hakata as the central judicial
and administrative organ for the Kyushu region.
Chinzei
sdbugyOsho
JRSfij^fTtW. Agency established in 1293 to facilitate the authority
of two men of the HojO family dispatched to Hakata to judge court cases and com-
mand military forces. Some scholars regard this agency as the de facto beginnings of
the Chinzei tandai.
Chinzei tandai 8SS££!S. Office of the military governor of Kyushu established in 1293
in the wake of the Mongol invasions and accorded powers similar to those of the
Rokuhara tandai; also called Kyushu tandai.
Cho fff(T). Unit of land measurement equivalent to 2.45 acres. Because cho using the
same character can also be a unit of length, when used to refer to land area it is often
expressed as chobu.
ChObu
Bj*. See cho.
Daibon SankajO ^:}GH©^. "Three regulations for great crimes"; also pronounced
Taibon SankajO. Formalized in the Goseibai Shikimoku code of 1232, this phrase
referred to the authority of the military governors
(shugo)
under the Kamakura bakufu.
Despite the phrase,
shugo
authority under this "regulation" included jurisdiction over
the crimes of murder and rebellion and the obligation of mustering the imperial guard.
The term continued to be used into the Muromachi period.
Dajo daijin ±jgt^:E. Post of prime minister. The highest court title accorded authority
over both the warrior and court nobility.
Daikan ftlir. A deputy or manager entrusted with local administration. Appointed by
the bakufu, shoen proprietor, or regional military lord (daimyo), daikan acted as their
local representative in the provinces.
Daimyo
~k.%>-
Regional military lords who controlled a region; see shugo daimyo and
sengoku daimyo.
Daimyo
ryOgoku
-k&v&M-
Domain of
a
regional military lord (daimyo).
Dazaifu ii^ffi. The goverment headquarters in Kyushu established as a regular office
in the Taiho code of 701 and charged with diplomatic and defense responsibilities in
addition to the administration of the provinces of Kyushu during the Heian period.
During the Kamakura period, the office of Dazaifu functioned in name only.
Dengaku EH=£. Literally, "field music." Early medieval theater similar to sarugaku and
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