Dainagon (Major Counsellor)

E640612

aristocratic title court office government position

Dainagon (Major Counsellor) was a high-ranking aristocratic office in Japan’s imperial court, serving as a senior advisor involved in state administration and policy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chūnagon (Middle Counsellor)	1
Dainagon	0

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aristocratic title ⓘ court office ⓘ government position ⓘ
appointedBy	Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ classical Japanese court hierarchy ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalContext	Japanese aristocratic culture ⓘ
function	deliberation on important state matters ⓘ participation in council meetings ⓘ supervision of certain administrative affairs ⓘ
governingBody	Daijō-kan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hierarchicalRank	above Chūnagon ⓘ below Naidaijin ⓘ below Sadaijin ⓘ below Udaijin ⓘ
historicalEra	pre-modern Japan ⓘ
historicalGovernmentType	monarchy ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key role in classical Japanese state administration ⓘ
jurisdiction	Imperial Japanese state NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
literalMeaning	great counsellor ⓘ
partOf	Daijō-kan NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Court of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInGovernment	high-ranking counsellor ⓘ
powerType	advisory authority ⓘ
relatedPosition	Chūnagon NERFINISHED ⓘ Naidaijin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadaijin NERFINISHED ⓘ Udaijin NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiredStatus	high-ranking aristocrat ⓘ
role	advisor on public policy ⓘ advisor on state administration ⓘ assistance in decision-making of the Daijō-daijin ⓘ senior advisor to the emperor ⓘ
seatOfOffice	Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
selectionCriteria	court rank ⓘ noble lineage ⓘ
socialClass	kuge NERFINISHED ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence	central government ⓘ imperial court politics ⓘ
status	senior court noble ⓘ
typeOfAdviser	administrative counsellor ⓘ political counsellor ⓘ
usedIn	Ritsuryō system NERFINISHED ⓘ
writtenInKanji	大納言 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Daijō-kan (Council of State of Japan) → hasPosition → Dainagon (Major Counsellor) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chūnagon (Middle Counsellor)