兵ひょう部ぶ省しょう

noun

Ministry of Military Affairs (ritsuryō period)

Historical term for the ministry overseeing military affairs under the ritsuryō system (7th–10th centuries).

• 兵ひょう部ぶ省しょうは律りつ令りょう制せい下かで軍ぐん事じを司つかさどった。

  The Ministry of Military Affairs oversaw military matters under the ritsuryō system.

noun

military command body (early Meiji)

Refers to a short-lived military command organization in the early Meiji period (1868–1872), distinct from the earlier ritsuryō ministry.

• 明めい治じ初しょ期きの兵ひょう部ぶ省しょうは、近きん代だい的てきな軍ぐん制せいを整せい備びしようとした。

  The early Meiji military command body sought to establish a modern military system.