Inner room conference - Okuno makaigi

...Its origins date back to the Privy Council, an advisory body to the king made up of members of the privileged class. In the 17th century, in order to overcome the expansion of the Privy Council and political restrictions, the king began to invite only some of its favorites and influential ministers to secret meetings in his own cabinet, which became known as the cabinet council. It has something in common with China in that it arose as a de facto system in the inner courts to support the monarch as an active ruler, separate from the public state system, which was easily bound by clan power and tradition.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Inner Room Conference" is listed below.

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…その起源は身分的特権層からなる国王の諮問機関，枢密院Privy Councilにさかのぼる。17世紀に入り，同院の膨張や政治的拘束を克服するため，その中の一部寵臣，有力大臣のみを国王がみずからの奥の間cabinetの秘密会議に招く傾向が強まり，それが奥の間会議cabinet councilと通称された。門閥勢力や伝統に縛られやすい表（おもて）の国事制度とは別に，能動的統治者としての君主を支えるための奥または内の事実上の制度として発生した点で中国との共通性がある。…

※「奥の間会議」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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