government; administration; ministry

Historical term

shogunate; bakufu

Historical term

shogun's headquarters

Historical term

Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander

(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto)

centre (e.g. of learning); center; seat

(government) office

Historical term

fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)

Abbreviation

prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)

Japanese government

realm of the dead; the other world; underworld

hell

Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)

Historical term

Music Bureau (Han dynasty; government office responsible for collecting folk songs)

yuefu (genre of Chinese poetry composed in a folk song style)

government office; public office

provincial capital (under the ritsuryō system); provincial office

public place of imperial rule