朝廷(ちょうてい)

ちょうてい
noun
imperial court
formalhistorysociety
1. imperial court, the emperor and his government
The court of the emperor, including the emperor himself and the officials who governed under his authority. Primarily used in historical contexts to refer to the seat of imperial governance in Japan, particularly before the Meiji Restoration.
朝廷(ちょうてい)に仕(つか)える。
To serve the imperial court.
朝廷(ちょうてい)と幕府(ばくふ)の関係(かんけい)は複雑(ふくざつ)だった。
The relationship between the imperial court and the shogunate was complicated.
平安時代(へいあんじだい)の朝廷(ちょうてい)では、貴族(きぞく)たちが政治(せいじ)の実権(じっけん)を握(にぎ)っていた。
In the imperial court of the Heian period, the aristocrats held real political power.

Usage

朝廷(ちょうてい) refers to the Japanese imperial court as a governing institution. It is a historical term encountered primarily when studying or discussing pre-modern Japanese history, literature, and culture.

During the feudal period, power was divided between the 朝廷(ちょうてい) (imperial court) in Kyoto and the 幕府(ばくふ) (shogunate). The court retained ceremonial and symbolic authority while real political power shifted to the military government.

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Compare: 宮廷(きゅうてい) (court (cultural setting))
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