In the ancient
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese government, was the inspection of documents submitted to the ''
tennō
The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his position is derived from "the wi ...
'' (emperor), or the position held by those who performed the inspection.
The ''tennō'' usually gave a to the regent (either a ''
sesshō or kampaku'').
References
Classical Japan
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