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Prince was an Imperial court noble and statesman at the time of the Meiji Restoration. He held many high-ranking offices in the Meiji government. ==Biography== Born in Kyoto, Sanjō was the son of ''Naidaijin'' Sanjō Sanetsumu. He held several important posts in Court and became a central figure in the anti-Western, anti-Tokugawa ''Sonnō Jōi'' ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian") movement. When the coup d’etat of September 30, 1863 brought the more moderate Aizu and Satsuma factions into power, he fled to Chōshū. He returned to Kyoto after the resignation of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu in 1867. The first administrative offices (''Sanshoku'') of the Meiji government were established on January 3, 1868: the ''Sōsai'' (President), ''Gijō'' (Administration) and ''San'yo'' (Office of Councilors). These offices were abolished on June 11, 1868, with the establishment of the ''Daijō-kan'' (Grand Council of State). In the new Meiji government, Sanjō was head of the ''Gijo'', Minister of the Right (右大臣) (June 11, 1868 - August 15, 1871), and Chancellor of the Realm (''Daijō Daijin'') (August 15, 1871 - December 22, 1885. Sanjō was awarded Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1882. On July 7, 1884, his title was changed to that of ''koshaku'' (prince) under the ''kazoku'' peerage system. Sanjō served until the abolition of the ''daijōkan'' system in 1885. After the Cabinet system was established, he became Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan. In 1889, when Prime Minister Kuroda Kiyotaka and his cabinet resigned en masse, Emperor Meiji only accepted Kuroda’s resignation and formally invited Sanjō to head the government. The Emperor refused to appoint a new prime minister for the next two months, making Sanjō the only Prime Minister of Japan (albeit interim) who also concurrently held the post of Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.〔After the Meiji Constitution was adopted in 1890, a new system was established: "In case of death, incapacitation, resignation or removal of the prime minister, a member of the cabinet shall serve as acting prime minister until the next prime minister is formally appointed." Today Sanjō’s government is generally regarded as continuation of Kuroda’s. 〕 In 1890, he assumed a seat in the new House of Peers in the Diet of Japan established by the Meiji Constitution. On his death in 1891, he was accorded a state funeral. His grave is at the temple of Gokoku-ji in Bunkyo, Tokyo. 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「Sanjō Sanetomi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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