Daigaku-no-kami

Who is Daigaku-no-kami?

Daigaku-no kami was a Japanese Imperial court position and the title of the chief education expert in the rigid court hierarchy. The Imperial Daigaku-no kami predates the Heian period; and the court position continued up through the early Meiji period. The title and position were conferred in the name of the Emperor of Japan.

In the Edo period, the head of the educational and bureaucrat training system for the Tokugawa shogunate was also known by the honorific title Daigaku-no kami, which effectively translates as "Head of the State University." The title and position were conferred in the name of the shogun.