Naidaijin

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The Naidaijin (内大臣, Naidaijin, also pronounced uchi no otodo), literally meaning "Inner Minister", was an ancient office in the

Meiji period of Japanese history, but in general remained as a significant post under the Taihō Code.[1]

History

Pre-Meiji period

The office of Naidaijin predated the

Sadaijin
("Left Minister").

Meiji period and after

Main article: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan

The office developed a different character in the

Imperial Court.[2] In that year, the office of prime minister or chief minister of the initial restoration government was the Daijō-daijin, Sanjō Sanetomi. In December, Sanjō petitioned the emperor to be relieved of his office; and he was then immediately appointed Naidaijin, or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.[3]

The office of the Privy Seal was identical with the old Naidaijin only in the sense of the Japanese title—not in terms of function or powers.[4]

The nature of the office further evolved in the

Shōwa periods. The title was abolished on November 24, 1945.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 425.
  2. ^ Dus, Peter. (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan: The Twentieth Century, pp. 59, 81.
  3. ^ Ozaki, p. 86.
  4. ^ Unterstein (in German): Ranks in Ancient and Meiji Japan (in English and French), pp. 6, 27.
  5. ^ Glossary | Birth of the Constitution of Japan

References

  • (in Japanese) Asai, T. (1985). Nyokan Tūkai. Tokyo:
    Kōdansha
    .
  • Dickenson, Walter G. (1869). Japan: Being a Sketch of the History, Government and Officers of the Empire. London: W. Blackwood and Sons.
    OCLC 10716445
  • ISBN 0-691-05095-3
    (cloth)
  • (in Japanese) Ozaki, Yukio. (1955). Ozak Gakudō Zenshū. Tokyo: Kōronsha.
  • ISBN 978-0-8047-0523-3
  • Dus, Peter. (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan: the Twentieth Century, Vol. 6. Cambridge:
    ISBN 0-521-22357-1
  • ISBN 0-691-05095-3
    (cloth)
  • ISBN 0-7007-1720-X
  • (in French)
    Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
    .
  • Varley, H. Paul, ed. (1980). [
    ISBN 0-231-04940-4
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