桂けい園えん時じ代だい

noun

Keien period

Historical term for the period of alternating premierships of Katsura Tarō and Saionji Kinmochi, roughly 1905–1912, between the Russo-Japanese War and the Taishō Political Crisis.

• 桂けい園えん時じ代だいは、桂かつら太た郎ろうと西さい園おん寺じ公きん望もちが交こう互ごに首しゅ相しょうを務つとめた時じ期きを指さす。

  The Keien period refers to the time when Katsura Tarō and Saionji Kinmochi alternated as prime ministers.