noun
Censorate
Historical term for a surveillance and impeachment agency in Later Han and Song dynasty China. Also used for similar offices in other East Asian contexts. Compare 都察院.
See also: 都察院
御史台は、中国の後漢や宋の時代に官僚の監察を行った機関である。
The Censorate was an agency that inspected officials during China's Later Han and Song dynasties.
From Chinese 御史台 (yùshǐtái), literally 'imperial censor's platform'. The term was adopted into Japanese for historical and administrative contexts.