Menteri Kiri (左大臣code: ja is deprecated,Sadaijin)[1] adalah sebuah jabatan pemerintahan diJepang pada akhirzaman Nara danzaman Heian. Jabatan tersebut diatur dalamKode Taihō tahun 702.
Kode Asuka Kiyomihara tahun 689 menandai kemunculan awal darisadaijin dalam konteks badan administratif pusat yang disebut 'Daijō-kan[1] (Dewan Negara). Daijō-kan awal tersebut terdiri dari tiga mentari—daijō-daijin (Penasihat),sadaijin danudaijin (Menteri Kanan).[2]
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