| In the meantime, instead of court nobles and lords who nominally held important posts but actually were out of touch with practical works, officials who were convened to the government from each domain gripped the practical work, grew as Restoration bureaucrats, and gradually won administrative initiative. |
この間、名目的に要職に任じられた公家・諸侯らが実務に疎かったことから、各藩から召集された徴士が実務を握り、維新官僚として成長し、次第に行政の主導権を握るようになる。 |