奉行

• 読み: ぶぎょう
• ローマ字: bugyō
• 漢字の分解: 奉 (bu/hō) — serve reverently, carry out humbly; 行 (gyō) — carry out, administer
• 発音: /bɯɡʲoː/

意味

Magistrate; commissioner; a feudal Japanese official combining judicial, executive, and policing authority within a designated domain.

A historical term for officials appointed by the shogunate or domain lord to manage specific administrative functions. Notable types include 町奉行 (town magistrate, overseeing urban administration and justice) and 勘定奉行 (finance magistrate). In modern usage, 奉行 is sometimes deployed humorously to describe someone who oversees a particular activity with self-appointed authority — e.g. 焼き肉奉行 (the BBQ micromanager who insists on controlling the grill).

例文

1. 大岡忠相は江戸の町奉行として、公正な裁定と民衆への慈悲深い政治で高い名声を得た。
2. 勘定奉行は幕府の財政全般を管理し、各藩への資金配分の調整にも深く関与していた。
3. 奉行所の跡地に建てられた現代の裁判所は、場所を超えた司法の歴史的継続性を象徴している。

使い方ガイド

場面: history, feudal Japan, law, culture

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From 奉 (to serve reverently, to humbly carry out a superior's will) and 行 (to carry out, to administer, to execute). The combination conveys an official who 'humbly executes' the lord's directives — capturing both the authority and the subordinate obligation inherent in the role.

文化的背景

時代: Feudal (Edo period)

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General