Daikansho was an administrative office, where a daikan was sent and performed administration, set up in the territory under the direct control of the Edo bakufu such as shihaijo (bakufu-owned land) and tenryo in the Edo period.
代官所とは、江戸時代に江戸幕府直轄の領地（支配所、天領）に立てられ、代官が派遣されて統治を行うところのことである。