Jibu-shō

The nihongo|Jibū-shō|治部省| was a division of the Japanese government (Imperial Court in Kyoto), instituted in the Asuka period and formalized in the Heian period. This Imperial ministry was charged with a focus on the ceremonial aspects of the Imperial year, on the formal nature of formal relations with China, Korea, and other nations, and on the maintenance of Imperial tombs and mausolea. [http://www.temcauley.staff.shef.ac.uk/ceremmin.shtml Ministry of Ceremonial] , Sheffield.]

The Asuka-, Nara- and Heian-period Imperial court hierarchy encompassed a nihongo|Ministry of the Ceremonies|治部省,|"Jibu-shō"; also known as the "Ministry of the Interior". [see above] ] Amongst the significant "Daijō-kan" officials within this ministry structure were:Titsingh, p. 429.]
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References

* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652] , "Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran --Click for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4

ee also

* Daijō-kan