大宰府だざいふ

noun

Dazaifu (historical governmental office)

Under the ritsuryō system, the regional administrative headquarters with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki, and Tsushima. Historical term.

See also: 律令制

• 大宰府だざいふは、律りつ令りょう制せいのもとで九きゅう州しゅう全ぜん体たいを統とう括かつする重じゅう要ような役やく所しょだった。

  Dazaifu was an important government office that oversaw all of Kyushu under the ritsuryō system.