| Therefore, on June 11, 1868, the "Japanese government organization" law was issued (the Constitution of 1868), and the next year a system of two departments and six ministries, which was modeled on the Ritsuryo system of two departments and eight ministries, was set up. |
そこで、明治元年閏4月21日、日本の官制が公布され（政体書体制）、さらに翌年、律令制の二官八省を模した二官六省制が発足する。 |