"Ukagaikata" indicates the name of a government post in Kanjosho (the department in charge of financial and public affairs) of the Edo bakufu or officers (called kanjo-shu) of that department.
伺方（うかがいかた）とは、江戸幕府の職名で勘定所の一部門及びそこに属する職員（勘定衆）を指す。