朝ちょう政せい

noun

government by the imperial court; imperial rule

Historical term referring to direct governance by the emperor and the imperial court, as opposed to shogunate or military rule. Used in discussions of pre-modern Japanese political systems.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいには朝ちょう政せいが行おこなわれていた。

  During the Heian period, government by the imperial court was practiced.

• 鎌かま倉くら幕ばく府ふの成せい立りつにより、朝ちょう政せいから武ぶ家け政せい権けんへと移い行こうした。

  With the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, power shifted from imperial rule to military government.