Early on during the Edo period, aside from the Kanto region, a Gundai post was set in almost all of the provinces, including Kamigata, Amagasaki, Mikawa, Tanba and Kawachi.
江戸時代初期には関東郡代のほかに上方、尼崎、三河国、丹波国、河内国などほぼ1国単位に郡代が置かれた。