Particularly, the daikan whose appointed lands were near Kanto area remained as Edo jofu (a Daimyo feudal lord's retainer who remained permanently in the Edo with the lord's and their own family in the Edo period) and administered their lands through communicating with their tedai and went to their jurisdictional lands only on the occasion of kenchi (land survey), kemi (annual crop inspection), junsatsu (inspection), and serious affairs.
特に関東近辺の代官は江戸定府で、支配は手付と連絡を取り行い、代官は検地、検見、巡察、重大事件発生時にのみ支配地に赴いた。