The officials of the Ministry of Central Affairs were as follows:
Class | Title | Rank |
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Head | Minister | Senior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade |
Assistant | Senior Assistant Minister Junior Assistant Minister |
Senior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade |
Secretary | Senior Secretary Junior Secretary |
Senior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade Junior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade |
Clerk | Senior Recorder Junior Recorder |
Senior Seventh Rank, Upper Grade Senior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade |
Other | Chamberlain Senior Inspector Senior Private Secretary Middle Inspector Junior Inspector Senior Officer of Communication Inspector Clerk Senior Keeper of the Keys Junior Private Secretary Junior Officer of Communication Junior Keeper of the Keys |
Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade Senior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade Junior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade Senior Seventh Rank, Lower Grade Senior Seventh Rank, Lower Grade Junior Seventh Rank, Upper Grade Junior Seventh Rank, Lower Grade Senior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade Senior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade Junior Eighth Rank, Upper Grade |
Class | Title | Rank |
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長官 | 卿(きやう) | 正四位上 |
次官 | 大輔(たいふ) 少輔(せういふ) |
正五位上 従五位上 |
判官 | 大丞(だいじよう) 少丞(せうじよう) |
正六位上 従六位上 |
主典 | 大録(だいさくわん) 少録(せうさくわん) |
正七位上 正八位上 |
他 | 侍従(じじゆう) 大監物(だいけんもつ) 大内記(だいないき) 中監物(ちゆうけんもつ) 少監物(せうけんもつ) 大主鈴(だいしゆれい・だいすずのつかさ) 監物主典(けんもつさかん) 大典鑰(だいてんやく) 少内記(せうないき) 少主鈴(せうしゆれい・せうすずのつかさ) 少典鑰(せうてんやく) |
従五位下 従五位下 正六位上 従六位上 正七位下 正七位下 従七位上 従七位下 正八位上 正八位上 従八位上 |
The ministry itself, however, consisted of a number of different departments and sub-divisions, each of which had its own cohort of officials.
Ministry of Central Affairs | |
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Office of the Consort’s Household Bureau of Royal Attendants Bureau of Books and Drawings Bureau of Palace Storehouses Bureau of the Wardrobe and Court Ladies |
Bureau of Divination Painting Office Palace Medical Office Palace Etiquette Office Bureau of Skilled Artisans |
中宮職(ちゆぐうしき) 大舎人寮(おほとねりれう) 図書寮(づしよれう・ふみのつかさ) 内蔵寮(くられう・くらづかさ) 縫殿寮(ぬひどのれう・ぬひどののつかさ) |
陰陽寮(おんやうれう・おんやうのつかさ) 画工司(ぐわこうし・ゑしのつかさ・ゑたくみのつかさ 内薬司(ないやくし) 内礼司(ないらいし・うちのいやのつかさ) 内匠寮(たくみれう・たくみづかさ) |