統とう帥すい権けん

noun

supreme command authority (of the emperor)

Historical and legal term referring to the emperor's direct command over the military under the Meiji Constitution. Often discussed in the context of pre-war Japanese politics and the military's independence from civilian control.

• 大だい日本にっぽん帝てい国こく憲けん法ぽうでは、統とう帥すい権けんは天皇てんのうに属ぞくしていた。

  Under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, the supreme command authority belonged to the Emperor.

• 統帥権干犯問題とうすいけんかんぱんもんだいは、昭しょう和わ初しょ期きの政せい治じ危き機きの一ひとつだった。

  The issue of interference with the supreme command authority was one of the political crises of the early Showa period.