Jigatachigyo was the administrative form during Edo period that Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") or a lord of domain gave chigyo (enfeoffment, or the right to direct control of a certain asset) in the form of shoryo (territory) including the peasants living there to their vassals as a stipend and made them control it.
地方知行（じがたちぎょう）とは、江戸時代に征夷大将軍あるいは藩主が家臣に対して禄として与える知行を所領（地方と呼ばれる土地）及びそこの付随する百姓の形で与え、支配させること。