太政官だじょうかん

also: だいじょうかん · おおいまつりごとのつかさ

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Meanings

noun

Grand Council of State (1868-1885)

historical term

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.

明めい治じ初しょ期き、太政官だじょうかんは国くにの最さい高こう行ぎょう政せい機き関かんだった。
In the early Meiji period, the Grand Council of State was the highest administrative organ of the country.

noun

Department of State (ritsuryō system)

historical term

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.

Kanji

太plump, thick, big around
政politics, government
官bureaucrat, the government, organ

Related words

太政大臣だじょうだいじん
The head of the 太政官; the highest official in the ritsuryō system and later a ceremonial title.
内ない閣かく
The modern cabinet system that replaced the Grand Council of State in 1885.

Written forms

太政官
- だじょうかん
  Standard kanji spelling for both historical periods. The reading だじょうかん is the most common modern reading.
- だいじょうかん
  Alternate reading, especially common for the ritsuryō-era department. It is usual for sense 2.
- おおいまつりごとのつかさ
  Archaic native Japanese reading; rarely used outside historical or linguistic contexts.
だいじょうかん
おおいまつりごとのつかさ

Etymology

From Chinese 太政官 (tài zhèng guān), meaning 'Grand Council of State'. The term was adopted in Japan for the highest government body under the ritsuryō system and later revived in the early Meiji period.