| 释义 |
‖ Rōjū|ˈroːdʒuː|
Also Rōchū, rōjiu, rōjū, etc.
[Jap.]
The senior councillors or ministers of state in Japan under the Tokugawa government (1603–1867).
1874F. O. Adams Hist. Japan I. i. x. 71 The successors of Jyéyasŭ..were mostly fainéants, as were their almost hereditary ministers, the rôjiu. 1893F. Brinkley tr. Hist. Empire Japan viii. 329 In the event of the Shogun himself taking the field, he had to be accompanied by all the feudal barons, the Ministers of State (Rochu) becoming generals and the Wakatoshiyori holding chief command over the bannerets. 1912E. Lee tr. Saito's Hist. Japan 147 The board of the 5 Rōchū, the treasurers...controlled the imperial court officials and Daimiō. a1922J. Murdoch Hist. Japan (1926) III. i. 4 These five constituted the Great Council, which was presently to become known as the Rōjū. 1970J. W. Hall Japan x. 175 The Rōjū were given authority over matters of national scope. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia X. 71/2 By reorganizations in 1633–42 the executive..was almost completed, as represented by the offices of senior councillors (rojū), [etc.]. |