Kanjocho were also used by domains, merchants and other citizens, but in a more limited sense they mean a variety of account books prepared by local governors dispatched from the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) for reports to be submitted to kanjosho (financial offices).
諸藩や商家など民間でも用いられたが、狭義においては江戸幕府から派遣された代官が勘定所に報告するために作成した各種帳簿を指す。