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Ancient office in the Japanese Imperial Court
The
Naidaijin
(
?大臣
,
Naidaijin
, also pronounced
uchi no otodo
)
, literally meaning "Inner Minister", was an ancient office in the
Japanese Imperial Court
. Its role, rank and authority varied throughout the pre-
Meiji
period of Japanese history, but in general remained as a significant post under the
Taih? Code
.
[1]
History
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Pre-Meiji period
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The office of
Naidaijin
predated the
Taih? Code
of 701.
Fujiwara no Kamatari
was the first person appointed to the post in 669. After the appointment of
Fujiwara no Michitaka
in 989, the office became permanently established, ranking just below that of
Udaijin
("Right Minister") and
Sadaijin
("Left Minister").
Meiji period and after
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The office developed a different character in the
Meiji period
. In 1885, the title was reconfigured to mean the
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
in the
Imperial Court
.
[2]
In that year, the office of prime minister or chief minister of the initial restoration government was the
Daij?-daijin
,
Sanj? Sanetomi
. In December, Sanj? 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
Taish?
and
Sh?wa
periods. The title was abolished on November 24, 1945.
[5]
See also
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Notes
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References
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- (in Japanese)
Asai, T. (1985).
Nyokan T?kai
. Tokyo:
K?dansha
.
- Dickenson, Walter G. (1869).
Japan: Being a Sketch of the History, Government and Officers of the Empire.
London: W. Blackwood and Sons.
OCLC
10716445
- Ozaki
, Yukio. (2001).
The Autobiography of Ozaki Yukio: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in Japan.
[Translated by Fujiko Hara]. Princeton:
Princeton University Press
.
ISBN
0-691-05095-3
(cloth)
- (in Japanese)
Ozaki, Yukio. (1955).
Ozak Gakud? Zensh?.
Tokyo: K?ronsha.
- Sansom
, George (1958).
A History of Japan to 1334
. Stanford:
Stanford University Press
.
ISBN
978-0-8047-0523-3
- Dus, Peter. (1988).
The Cambridge History of Japan: the Twentieth Century,
Vol. 6. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press
.
ISBN
0-521-22357-1
- Ozaki
, Yukio. (2001).
The Autobiography of Ozaki Yukio: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in Japan.
[Translated by Fujiko Hara]. Princeton:
Princeton University Press
.
ISBN
0-691-05095-3
(cloth)
- Screech
, Timon. (2006).
Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822.
London: Routledge Curzon.
ISBN
0-7007-1720-X
- (in French)
Titsingh
, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/
Hayashi Gah?
, 1652],
Nipon o dai itsi ran
; ou,
Annales des empereurs du Japon.
Paris:
Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
.
- Varley, H. Paul, ed. (1980). [
Kitabatake Chikafusa
, 1359],
Jinn? Sh?t?ki
("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinn? Sh?t?ki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley).
New York:
Columbia University Press
.
ISBN
0-231-04940-4