Sadaijin

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Sadaijin was a high-ranking ministerial post in Japan’s imperial court, typically overseeing the left side of the government and ranking just below the chancellor in the classical ritsuryō system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court title
government office
imperial Japanese office
appliesToJurisdiction Japanese imperial government
Yamato state NERFINISHED
category Government of the Empire of Japan NERFINISHED
Japanese court ranks
Titles of national or ethnic leadership
country Japan
follows Taika Reforms NERFINISHED
ritsuryō reforms
governingBody Imperial Japanese government NERFINISHED
hasCounterpart Udaijin NERFINISHED
hasRoleIn Heian-period court politics
Nara-period court politics
hierarchicalRank above Udaijin
below Daijō-daijin
one of the highest ministerial posts
historicalFunction advising the emperor
central executive authority
policy deliberation
languageOfName Japanese
legalBasis Taihō Code NERFINISHED
Yōrō Code NERFINISHED
ritsuryō system
literalMeaning Minister of the Left NERFINISHED
nativeLabel 左大臣 NERFINISHED
officeType ministerial post
oppositeSideOf right side of government
partOf Daijō-kan NERFINISHED
Imperial Court of Japan NERFINISHED
positionHeldBy Fujiwara clan members
Fujiwara no Michinaga NERFINISHED
Fujiwara no Mototsune NERFINISHED
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa NERFINISHED
powerful court nobles
responsibleFor administration of the left
assisting the Daijō-daijin
state affairs
supervision of certain ministries
seat Heian-kyō NERFINISHED
Nara NERFINISHED
transliteration Sadaijin NERFINISHED
usedInPeriod Heian period NERFINISHED
Nara period NERFINISHED
classical ritsuryō state

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Fujiwara no Kaneie courtTitle Sadaijin
Imperial court of Japan (historically) keyOffice Sadaijin
subject surface form: Imperial court of Japan