was a "commissioner" or an "overseer" of the Tokugawa shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...

 in Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

 Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were always fudai

Fudai

was a class of daimyo who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa in Edo period Japan. It was primarily the fudai who filled the ranks of the Tokugawa administration.-Origins:...

daimyō

Daimyo

is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...

, the lowest-ranking of the shogunate offices to be so restricted. Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer."

This bakufu title identifies an official with responsibility for supervision of shrines and temples. This was considered a high ranking office, in status ranked only slightly below that of wakadoshiyori

Wakadoshiyori

The ', or "Junior Elders", were high government officials in 17th century Tokugawa Japan. The position was established around 1631, but appointments were irregular until 1662....

but above all other bugyō.

List of jisha-bugyō

• Ōoka Tadasuke
  Ooka Tadasuke
  was a Japanese samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, as a magistrate of Edo, his roles included chief of police, judge and jury, and Yamada Magistrate prior to his tenure as South Magistrate of Edo...
  
   (1736–1751).
• Kuze Hirochika
  Kuze Hirochika
  was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period, who ruled the Sekiyado Domain. He served as a rōjū in the Tokugawa shogunate, and briefly as chief rōjū .-References:...
  
   (1843–1848).
• Naitō Nobuchika
  Naito Nobuchika
  , also known as Nobukoto , was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period, who ruled the Murakami Domain. His title was Kii-no-kami.Before he became the Tokugawa shogunate's chief representative in the capital as Kyoto shoshidai in 1850-1851, he had been Osaka jōdai in 1848-1850.Nobuchika supported...
  
   (1844–1848).
• Matsudaira Tadakata (1845).
• Matsudaira Nobuatsu (1848–1885).
• Andō Nobumasa
  Ando Nobumasa
  was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period, who ruled the Iwakidaira Domain. He was a rōjū in the Tokugawa shogunate, and was active in the wake of Ii Naosuke's assassination...
  
   (1852–1858).
• Itakura Katsukiyo
  Itakura Katsukiyo
  was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period. Famed for his tenure as rōjū, Itakura later became a Shinto priest.-Biography:Itakura, born to the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira of the Kuwana Domain, was adopted by Itakura Katsutsune, the lord of the Matsuyama domain...
  
   (1857–1859, 1861–1862).
• Honjō Munehide (1858–1861).
• Mizuno Tadakiyo
  Mizuno Tadakiyo
  was a daimyō during Bakumatsu period Japan, who served as chief senior councilor in service to the Tokugawa Shogunate.-Biography:Mizuno Tadakiyo was the eldest son of Mizuno Tadakuni, the daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain and chief senior councilor in service to the Tokugawa Shogunate...
  
   (1858–1861).
• Inoue Masanao
  Inoue Masanao
  was a daimyō and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during Bakumatsu period Japan.-Biography:Inoue Masanao was the fourth son of the daimyō of Tatebayashi Domain, Inoue Masaharu, and was born before his father was transferred to Hamamatsu. He inherited the leadership of the Inoue clan and the...
  
   (1861–1862).
• Makino Tadayuki
  Makino Tadayuki
  was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period.The Makino were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.-Makino clan genealogy:...
  
   (1862)
• Matsudaira Yasunao (1865).