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    式部

    式しき部ぶ

    (Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies

    KMT8News #24+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab17 strokes

    しきぶ

    Noun

    1.
    (Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies

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    紫むらさき式しき部ぶは有ゆう名めいな作さっ家かです。

    Murasaki Shikibu is a famous writer.

    KMT5HistoryLiterature
    平へい安あん時じ代だいには、式しき部ぶ省しょうという役やく所しょがありました。

    In the Heian period, there was a government office called Shikibu-shō (Ministry of Ceremonial).

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law
    源げ氏ん物じ語もの作がたりの者さくしゃ、紫むらさき式しき部ぶは女じょ流りゅう文ぶん学がくの先せん駆く者しゃとして知しられています。

    Murasaki Shikibu, the author of The Tale of Genji, is known as a pioneer of female literature.

    KMT8LiteratureHistory
    式しき部ぶ卿きょうは、律りつ令りょう制せいにおける重じゅう要ような官かん職しょくの一ひとつでした。

    Shikibu-kyō (Minister of Ceremonial) was one of the important official posts under the Ritsuryō system.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law
    明めい治じ時じ代だいの式しき部ぶは、宮きゅう中ちゅうの儀ぎ式しきを司つかさどる重じゅう要ような役やく職しょくでした。

    The Shikibu in the Meiji era was an important position responsible for court ceremonies.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    式
    style・ceremony・rite・function・method…(3)
    部
    -べ…(5)
    section・bureau・dept・class・copy…(3)
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