Ongoku Bugyo were placed in important places within Shogunate-owned land (tenryo) outside of Edo, and were divided into bugyo (magistrate)and yakugata who handled the governance of that land.
遠国奉行（おんごくぶぎょう）は、江戸以外の幕府直轄領(天領)内の重要な場所に置かれ、その土地の政務をとりあつかった奉行、役方に分類される。