, often translated as "Major Counselor" or "Great Councillor," was a government post of the Japanese ritsuryo governmental system, which was in place for much of the classical and feudal periods. The title is a composite created from dai- (meaning "great" or "first") and -nagon (meaning "counselor").Titsingh, I. (1834). Annales des emperors du Japon, p. 425. The post was created in 702 by the Taihō Code, and evolved out of the earlier post Oimonomōsu-tsukasa. Holders of the office we… (More on Dainagon)