seido-jimu-kioku

Updated: March 13, 2026

This department had charge of the registers of houses and population, of tariff and taxes, money, corn, accounts, tribute, building and repairs, salaries, public storehouses, and internal trade. Keiho-Jimu-Kioku, or Judicial Department. This department had charge of the censorate, of inquisitions, arrests, trials, and the penal laws in general. Seido-Jimu-Kioku, or Legislative Department.

Toyokichi Iyenaga - The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881