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was an associate counselor in the Imperial court of Japan from the 8th century until the Meiji period in the 19th century.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sangi" in .〕 This was a position in the ''daijō-kan'', or early feudal Japanese government. It was established in 702 by the Code of Taihō. In the ranks of the Imperial bureaucracy, the ''Sangi'' came between the ''Shōnagon'' (minor councillors) and those with more narrowly defined roles, such as the ''Sadaiben'' and ''Udaiben'' who were the administrators charged with oversight of the eight ministries of the government.〔Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 〕 In an early review of the Imperial hierarchy, Julius Klaproth's 1834 supplement to ''Nihon Odai Ichiran'' conflated the hierarchical position with a functional role as the director of palace affairs.〔 Prominent among those holding this office were three brothers: * Fujiwara no Fusasaki held the office of ''Sangi'' until he died in 737 ''(Tenpyō 9, 4th month'')〔Titsingh, 〕 * Fujiwara no Maro held the office of ''Sangi'' until he died in 737 ''(Tenpyō 9, 7th month'')〔 * Fujiwara no Umakai held the office of ''Sangi'' until he died in 737 ''(Tenpyō 9, 8th month'')〔 The position was eliminated in 1885.〔 The House of Councillors (参議院 Sangi'in) and its members were named after it. ==Sangi in context== Any exercise of meaningful powers of court officials in the pre-Meiji period reached its nadir during the years of the Tokugawa shogunate, and yet the core structures of ritsuryō government did manage to endure for centuries.〔Dickson, Walter G. ''et al.'' (1898). ; excerpt at p. 56, "Klaproth has given in his "Annals of the Emperors" a sketch of these eight boards, with the offices under each. It is ... a concise account of the government of Japan. The study of such a subject is rather dry and uninteresting, but it is necessary for any one who wishes to make himself acquainted with Japanese history, either of the past or of the present day...."〕 In order to appreciate the office of ''Sangi'', it is necessary to evaluate its role in the traditional Japanese context of a durable yet flexible framework. This was a bureaucratic network and a hierarchy of functionaries. The role of ''Sangi'' was an important element in the ''Daijō-kan'' (Council of State). The Daijō-kan schema proved to be adaptable in the creation of constitutional government in the modern period.〔Ozaki, Yukio. (2001). 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sangi (Japan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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