Ministry of Ceremonies

Pre-modern Japan
Part of a series on the politics and
government of Japan during the
Nara and Heian periods

Chancellor / Chief Minister
Daijō-daijin
Minister of the Left Sadaijin
Minister of the Right Udaijin
Minister of the Center Naidaijin
Major Counselor Dainagon
Middle Counselor Chūnagon
Minor Counselor Shōnagon
Eight Ministries
Center Nakatsukasa-shō  
Ceremonial Shikibu-shō
Civil Administration Jibu-shō
Popular Affairs Minbu-shō
Military Hyōbu-shō
Justice Gyōbu-shō
Treasury Ōkura-shō
Imperial Household Kunai-shō

The Ministry of Ceremonies (治部省 Jibu-shō) was a division of the eighth century Japanese government of the Imperial Court in Kyoto),[1] and it is sometimes identified as the "Ministry of the Interior".[2] This bureaucracy was instituted in the Asuka period and formalized during the Heian period. The Ministry was replaced in the Meiji period.

Overview

The ministry was organized to address the ceremonial aspects of the Imperial year, to manage the ceremonial nature of formal relations with China, Korea, and other nations, and to oversee the maintenance of Imperial tombs and mausoleums.[2] The ceremonies of the Imperial Household evolved over time.

The ambit of the Ministry's activities encompasses, for example:

This ministry was also responsible for rules for noble families above the fifth rank.[4]

History

The Ministry was established as part of the Taika Reforms and Ritsuryō laws. It was previously called Osamuru-tsukasa.[4]

Hierarchy

The top ritsuryō officials within this ministry structure were:

See also

Notes

  1. Kawakami, Karl Kiyoshi. (1903). The Political Ideas of the Modern Japan, pp. 36-38., p. 36, at Google Books
  2. 1 2 Ministry of Ceremonial, Sheffield.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kawakami, p. 37 n1,, p. 37, at Google Books citing Ito Hirobumi, Commentaries on the Japanese Constitution, p. 87 (1889).
  4. 1 2 Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Jibushō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 418., p. 418, at Google Books
  5. Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 272; Nussbaum, p. 418.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 429., p. 429, at Google Books
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Titsingh, p. 430., p. 429, at Google Books

References

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