Ometsuke was a governmental post in the Edo period belonging to Roju (the second highest post in the Edo bakufu government) in the government system, and played a role of an inspector who watched daimyo (Japanese feudal lord), koke (privileged families under Tokugawa Shogunate), and the Imperial court to protect the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) from rebellion of these powers.
大目付（おおめつけ）は、江戸幕府の役職のひとつで、職制上は老中に属し、大名・高家および朝廷を監視してこれらの謀反から幕府を守る監察官の役割を持った。