A system with two kinds of officials (in charge of politics, and in charge of the Shinto religion) and eight ministries was adopted for central government; and a province, county and village system was adopted for local government.
日本の官制は太政官と神祇官による二官八省制がとられ、日本古代の地方官制は、国・郡・里制がとられるようになった。