Ministry of Central Affairs

The officials of the Ministry of Central Affairs were as follows:

Class Title Rank
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
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
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
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)

'Simply moving and elegant'