also: だいじょうかん · おおいまつりごとのつかさ
noun
Grand Council of State (1868-1885)
Only with reading だじょうかん / だいじょうかん
Refers to the highest government body during the early Meiji period, before the cabinet system was established. Read as だじょうかん or だいじょうかん.
明治初期、太政官は国の最高行政機関だった。
In the early Meiji period, the Grand Council of State was the highest administrative organ of the country.
noun
Department of State (ritsuryō system)
The highest government office under the ritsuryō legal codes of the Nara and Heian periods. Usually read as だいじょうかん in this context.
See also: 律令制
律令制下の太政官は、太政大臣を長とする中央官庁だった。
Under the ritsuryō system, the Department of State was a central government office headed by the Grand Minister.