Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan

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The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan was a senior court official who served as the Emperor’s chief advisor and custodian of the state seal, wielding significant influence over imperial decisions in prewar Japan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court title ⓘ
government office ⓘ
abolishedAfter World War II ⓘ
abolishedInContextOf postwar constitutional reforms of Japan ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
associatedWithSymbol Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ
State Seal of Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
existedDuring prewar Japan ⓘ
hasCharacteristic non-elective office ⓘ
position closely tied to the person of the Emperor ⓘ
wielded significant informal political power ⓘ
hasDuty advising on appointments and honors conferred by the Emperor ⓘ
advising the Emperor of Japan ⓘ
controlling access to the Emperor in political matters ⓘ
countersigning imperial rescripts ⓘ
custody of the Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ
custody of the State Seal of Japan ⓘ
maintaining the secrecy of imperial decisions ⓘ
managing documents submitted to the Emperor ⓘ
preparing imperial edicts and ordinances ⓘ
hasPrivilege direct audience with the Emperor ⓘ
influence over imperial decision-making ⓘ
historicalRole guardian of imperial prerogatives under the Meiji constitutional system ⓘ
key intermediary between Emperor and political elites ⓘ
influenced communication between Emperor and government leaders ⓘ
selection and wording of imperial rescripts ⓘ
JapaneseName Naidaijin (in its modern sense as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal) ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
notPartOf Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
officeCreatedUnder Meiji Constitution ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOfState Emperor of Japan ⓘ
officeRank senior court official ⓘ
officeType non-cabinet position ⓘ
partOf Imperial Household of Japan ⓘ
positionHeldIn Imperial Court of Japan ⓘ
relatedConcept Imperial Household Ministry of Japan ⓘ
Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
replacedBy more limited advisory roles under the postwar constitution ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by the Emperor of Japan ⓘ
significantPeriod Meiji era ⓘ
Taisho era ⓘ
early Showa era ⓘ
sphereOfActivity imperial court politics ⓘ
state administration of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
subordinateTo Emperor of Japan ⓘ

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Saitō Makoto → positionHeld → Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ
Ōyama Iwao → positionHeld → Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ
Fumimaro Konoe → positionHeld → Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan → JapaneseName → Naidaijin (in its modern sense as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal) ⓘ
linked to: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
Ni-niroku Jiken → victim → Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Makino Nobuaki (target, survived) ⓘ
linked to: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
Sanjo Sanetomi → positionHeld → Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ
Makino Nobuaki → positionHeld → Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ
Saionji Kinmochi → positionHeld → Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ
Sanjō Sanetomi → positionHeld → Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan ⓘ