Jisha-bugyō (寺社奉行; lit. "temple and shrine commissioner") was a position within the system for the administration of religion that existed from theMuromachi period to theEdo period in Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were alwaysfudai daimyōs, the lowest-ranking of the shogunate offices to be so restricted.^[1]

Thisshogunate title assigns an official the responsibility of suspervising shrines and temples.^[2] This was considered a high-ranking office, ranked only slightly below that ofwakadoshiyori but above all otherbugyō.^[1]

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• Tsuda Masatoshi (?-1650)
• Ōoka Tadasuke (1736–1751)^[3]
• Kuze Hirochika (1843–1848)^[4]
• Naitō Nobuchika (1844–1848)^[5]
• Matsudaira Tadakata (1845)^[6]
• Matsudaira Nobuatsu (1848–1885)^[6]
• Andō Nobumasa (1852–1858)^[7]
• Itakura Katsukiyo (1857–1859, 1861–1862)^[8]
• Honjō Munehide (1858–1861)^[9]
• Mizuno Tadakiyo (1858–1861)^[10]
• Inoue Masanao (1861–1862)^[8]
• Makino Tadayuki (1862)^[11]
• Matsudaira Yasunao (1865)^[6]

• Bugyō

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