帷い幄あく上じょう奏そう

noun

direct appeal to the throne by the military

Historical term from the Imperial Japanese military system, referring to the right of the supreme command to make direct reports to the Emperor, bypassing the cabinet.

• 帷い幄あく上じょう奏そうは、戦せん前ぜんの日本にほん軍ぐんが持もっていた特とっ権けんの一ひとつである。

  The direct appeal to the throne by the military was one of the privileges held by the pre-war Japanese military.