However, as there were no ministerial posts available at that time, his seat at the Imperial Court was located under the ministers but above the Dainagon, as ordained by an imperial order in 1005. しかし時の大臣に闕官がなかったため、寛弘二年(1005年)勅旨によって朝参の座次を「大臣の下、納言の上」とされた。 |