Myoshu (village headmen) were a class of people who were commissioned to manage the cultivation of farmland called myoden by lords of Kokugaryo (territories governed by provincial government office) and manors during the late Ancient period and the Middle Ages in Japan.
名主（みょうしゅ）は、日本の古代末期から中世日本にかけて、国衙領・荘園領主から名田の経営を請け負った。