地头是日本镰仓幕府于文治元年（1185年）在全国庄园和乡村设置的地方下级官吏。主要职责是给幕府征收军粮，同时还代为本所或领家征收年贡。

Jitō(地頭) were medieval land stewards in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi Shogunates. Appointed by the shogun, jitō managed manors including national holdings governed by the provincial governor (kokushi).

The term jitō (literally meaning "land head") began to be used in the late Heian period as an adjectival word like "local". For example, a jitō person (地頭人) meant an influential local. Later, the term was sometimes used for persons who managed each local manor. Modern historians cannot clarify the character of the early jitō appointed by Yoritomo, as the conditions of these precursors are not well known.