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:''For the Japanese author, see Sei Shōnagon.'' was a counselor of the third rank in the Imperial court of Japan.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Nagon" in .〕 The role dates to the 7th century. This advisory position remained a part of the Imperial court of Japan from the 8th century until the Meiji period in the 19th century.〔Nussbaum, "Shōnagon" at .〕 This became a Taihō Code office in the early feudal Japanese government or ''daijō-kan''. In the ranks of the Imperial bureaucracy, the ''Shōnagon'' came between the ''Chūnagon'' (middle counselors) and the Sangi (associate counselors).〔Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 〕 Typically, the office was held by three fifth-rank members of the kuge. These officials were responsible for reading ordinary reports and for making of Imperial travel arrangements.〔 The ''Shōnagon'' are said to help the memories of the principal officers, to put seals to deeds, and carry communications to others within the ''daijō-kan.'' They are both military and civil.〔Dickson, Walter G. ''et al.'' (1898). 〕 ==Shōnagon 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, ; 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 ''Shōnagon'', 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 ''Shōnagon'' 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「Shōnagon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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