Udaijin

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Udaijin (右大臣), most commonly translated as "Minister of the Right", was a government position in Japan in the late Nara and Heian periods. The position was created in 702 as part of the Daijō-kan (State Department) structure, by the Taihō Code.

The udaijin was the Junior Minister of State, overseeing all branches of the Department of State (Daijō-kan) as the deputy of the Sadaijin (Minister of the Left).

The post of udaijin, along with the rest of the Daijō-kan structure, gradually lost power over the 10th and 11th centuries, as the Fujiwara came to dominate politics more and more. The system was essentially powerless by the end of the 12th century, when the Minamoto clan, a warrior clan, seized control of the country from the court aristocracy (kuge). However, it is not entirely clear when the Daijō-kan system was formally dismantled.

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  • Sansom, George (1958). A History of Japan to 1334. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
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