Where does “入道前太政大臣” come from?

入道前太政大臣 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 前, from Middle Chinese 前.

入道前太政大臣 (Japanese): courtesy title of Saionji Kintsune, Kamakura-period poet and nobleman

Definitions

  1. courtesy title of Saionji Kintsune, Kamakura-period poet and nobleman

Ancestry of “入道前太政大臣”, step by step

入道前太政大臣 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 前

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese前the front; the past; previous
2Middle Chinese前—

via Japanese 太政大臣

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese太政大臣the head of the 太政官}} system}}, equivalent to a “grand minister” or “chancellor of the realm”
2Japanese大臣a government minister of Japan or ancient China
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