Kugyō

Kugyō (公卿) is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. The kugyō was broadly divided into two groups: * the Kō (公), comprising the Chancellor of the Realm, the Minister of the Left, and the Minister of the Right; and * the Kei (卿), comprising the Major Counsellor, the Middle Counsellor, the Minor Counsellor, and members of the Japanese court of the third rank or higher.

Kugyō

Kugyō (公卿) is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. The kugyō was broadly divided into two groups: * the Kō (公), comprising the Chancellor of the Realm, the Minister of the Left, and the Minister of the Right; and * the Kei (卿), comprising the Major Counsellor, the Middle Counsellor, the Minor Counsellor, and members of the Japanese court of the third rank or higher.