Myohodo is a department of Daigakuryo, an educational institution under the system of centralized administration established under the ritsuryo legal codes in ancient Japan, where the ritsuryo legal codes (the study of law) was taught.
明法道（みょうぼうどう）とは、古代日本の律令制の元で設置された大学寮において、律令法（法学）を講義した学科。