noun
theory of the Emperor as an organ of government
A pre-war constitutional theory that the Emperor is an organ of the state, not an absolute sovereign. Associated with scholar Minobe Tatsukichi and later suppressed.
天皇機関説は、大日本帝国憲法下で天皇の地位を説明する学説の一つだった。
The theory of the Emperor as an organ of government was one of the doctrines explaining the Emperor's position under the Meiji Constitution.
Compound of 天皇 (てんのう, 'Emperor'), 機関 (きかん, 'organ, mechanism'), and 説 (せつ, 'theory'). Coined in the early 20th century.