鳳ほう閣かく

noun

splendid multistoried building; magnificent pavilion

Refers to an ornate, multi-story structure, often in classical Chinese-influenced literature. The cross-reference to 楼閣 suggests a similar meaning but with a more poetic or elevated tone.

See also: 楼閣

• 詩しの中なかで、鳳ほう閣かくは雲くもの上うえにそびえる壮そう麗れいな建たて物ものとして描えがかれている。

  In the poem, the 鳳閣 is depicted as a magnificent building towering above the clouds.

noun

Ministry of Central Affairs (ritsuryō system)

Historical government office under the ritsuryō system. This meaning is highly specialized and only encountered in texts about ancient Japanese bureaucracy.

• 鳳ほう閣かくは律りつ令りょう制せい下かで中ちゅう央おう行ぎょう政せいを担になった官かん庁ちょうの一ひとつである。

  The 鳳閣 was one of the government offices responsible for central administration under the ritsuryō system.