Daijō-daijin

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Daijō-daijin was the highest ministerial post in Japan’s ancient imperial government, effectively serving as the head of the Daijō-kan (Great Council of State) under the ritsuryō system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government office ⓘ
imperial Japanese court title ⓘ
political position ⓘ
abolishedInPractice Meiji period reforms ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Imperial Court of Japan ⓘ
Yamato court ⓘ
linked to: House of Yamato
appointedBy Emperor of Japan ⓘ
associatedWith court aristocracy ⓘ
kuge ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
equivalentOffice chancellor ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
governmentSystem ritsuryō system ⓘ
hasHigherRankThan Naidaijin ⓘ
linked to: Udaijin

Sadaijin ⓘ
Udaijin ⓘ
hasLowerRankThan Emperor of Japan ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition highest ministerial post in the Daijō-kan ⓘ
historicalDevelopment declined in political importance with rise of shogunate ⓘ
historicalFunction coordination of other ministers ⓘ
oversight of state administration ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
literalMeaning Chancellor of the Realm ⓘ
Grand Minister of State ⓘ
locatedIn Heian-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto

Kyoto ⓘ
memberOf imperial court nobility ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Fujiwara no Kamatari ⓘ
Fujiwara no Mototsune ⓘ
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa ⓘ
Prince Ōtomo ⓘ
Sanjo Sanetomi ⓘ
Toyotomi Hideyoshi ⓘ
partOf Daijō-kan ⓘ
Great Council of State ⓘ
replacedBy modern office of Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
role chief minister of state ⓘ
head of the Great Council of State ⓘ
selectionBasis high-ranking court noble ⓘ
member of powerful aristocratic clan ⓘ
status largely ceremonial in later periods ⓘ
subordinateTo Emperor of Japan ⓘ
transliteration Daijō-daijin ⓘ
usedInPeriod Asuka period ⓘ
linked to: Yamato period

Heian period ⓘ
Nara period ⓘ
early feudal Japan ⓘ
writingSystemOfName kanji ⓘ

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Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Naikaku Sōri Daijin → precededByOffice → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Ministers of State (Japan) → collectiveTitle → Daijin ⓘ
subject linked to: Ministers of State
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Iwakura Tomomi → positionHeld → Dajō-daijin ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Fujiwara no Michinaga → positionHeld → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Taira no Kiyomori → positionHeld → daijō daijin ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Daijō-daijin → transliteration → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Imperial court of Japan → keyOffice → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Daijō-kan (Council of State of Japan) → headedBy → Daijō-daijin (Chancellor of the Realm) ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Daijō-kan (Council of State of Japan) → hasPosition → Daijō-daijin (Chancellor) ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Kujō family → linkedToPosition → daijō-daijin (Chancellor of the Realm) ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Fujiwara clan → usedTitle → Daijō Daijin ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Ichijō Tadaka → positionHeld → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Fujiwara no Yorinaga → positionHeld → daijō-daijin ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Fujiwara no Tadamichi → positionHeld → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Fujiwara no Tadamichi → title → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Fujiwara no Michinaga → courtTitle → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
subject linked to: Michinaga
Fujiwara no Michitaka → positionHeld → daijō-daijin ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Konoe family → heldOfficeType → Daijō-daijin (Chancellor of the Realm) ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Udaijin → reportsTo → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa → positionHeld → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Taira no Munemori → positionHeld → daijō-daijin ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Sanjo Sanetomi → positionHeld → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Daijō-daikan → headedBy → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Naidaijin → reportsTo → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Naidaijin → relatedOffice → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Sadaijin → higherOffice → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
subject linked to: Sadaijin (Minister of the Left)
Udaijin → subordinateTo → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
subject linked to: Udaijin (Minister of the Right)
Udaijin → precededByInRank → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
subject linked to: Udaijin (Minister of the Right)
Meiji government local administration → implementedBy → Dajōkan ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin
Kujō Yoshitsune → positionHeld → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Sanjō Sanetomi → positionHeld → Daijō-daijin ⓘ
Five Regent Houses → titleHeldByMembers → daijō-daijin ⓘ
linked to: Daijō-daijin