大おお蔵くら省しょう

noun

Ministry of Finance (1869–2001)

Historical term for Japan's Ministry of Finance from the Meiji era until the 2001 central government reform, when it was reorganized into the 財務省 (Ministry of Finance) and the 金融庁 (Financial Services Agency).

See also: 財務省

• 大おお蔵くら省しょうは2001年ねんに財ざい務む省しょうに再さい編へんされた。

  The Ministry of Finance was reorganized into the Ministry of Finance in 2001.

• 彼かれは大おお蔵くら省しょうの官かん僚りょうとして長なが年ねん働はたらいた。

  He worked for many years as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Finance.

noun

Ministry of the Treasury (ritsuryō system)

Historical term for the ministry responsible for state finances under the ritsuryō system (7th–10th centuries). Not to be confused with the modern 大蔵省.

See also: 律令制

• 律りつ令りょう制せい下かの大おお蔵くら省しょうは、国こっ家か財ざい政せいを司つかさどる重じゅう要ような官かん庁ちょうだった。

  Under the ritsuryō system, the Ministry of the Treasury was an important government office in charge of state finances.