<Articles>Reconsideration of Theories on the Sangi 参議 : Process of Establishment of the Aristocratic Council Organization

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  • <論説>参議論の再検討 : 貴族合議制の成立過程
  • 参議論の再検討--貴族合議制の成立過程
  • サンギロン ノ サイケントウ キゾク ゴウギセイ ノ セイリツ カテイ

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The system of the Sangi was framed in May of the second year of Taiho 大宝. It was generally considered that this system was composed of the clans which were excluded from the Ritsuryo-Dajokan 律令太政官 regime. This interpretation is a kind of the clan balance theory which bases upon the viewpoint that the Dajokan 太政官 system was composed of the influential clans. Recently, suspecting it, some scholars proposed new theories on the Sangi. But we can say that these theories are not different from the former theory, because they regard the Sangi as the Gijokan 議政官 from the beginning. Originally the Sangi stated an opinion by request of the Emperor; the Chosei Sangi 朝政参議 was the Taimon Sangi 待問参議. The Sangi played a private role and was of non-representative character. So, it was different from the Gijokan such as the Daijin 大臣. In other words, the system of the Sangi was framed in order to complement the Gijokan council organization. In this article, reconsidering these theories on the Sangi, we try to clarify the change of this early Sangi (Chosei Sangi) into the Gijokan (Byodo Sangi 廟堂参議) and the process of establishment of the aristocratic council organization.

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  • 史林

    史林 69 (5), 673-711, 1986-09-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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