held for military officials. Such appointees were called the Shinninkan (親任官). The investiture ceremony is held in the Matsu-no-Ma room (松の間) of the Tokyo...

government than the governors of other prefectures. He became a shinninkan (親任官), meaning he was appointed directly by the Emperor, in the same procedure...

specific court uniforms: Imperial appointees (勅任官, chokuninkan), non-Imperially appointed senior officials (奏任官, sōninkan), and junior officials (判任官, hanninkan)...