Kanryo No Fubo (Chuko Bunko S 25-4 Series Nippon No Kindai)

[Machine Translation] The Meiji bureaucrats all had magnificent beards. Since when did they shave their beards? What is the true nature of the bureaucracy, which has survived with a strong vitality, despite changes in its role, such as the dismantling of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the reorganization of ministries through administrative reform, for more than 100 years since the government office district was established in Kasumigaseki? A history of the Japanese bureaucracy from a unique perspective.

明治の官僚はみな、立派なヒゲをたくわえていた。いつから彼らはヒゲを剃ったのか?霞ヶ関に官庁街が成立してから百余年、内務省解体や行革による省庁再編など、その器は変化し、時には批判に晒されつつも、強靱な生命力で生き延びてきた「官」の本質とは何か。ユニークな視点で描く日本官僚史。