院政

Meanings

1. Noun

   cloistered rule; government by cloistered emperorshistorical term

• その会社かいしゃでは、会長かいちょうが院政いんせいを敷しいていて、社長しゃちょうはお飾かざりにすぎない。

  The "retired" president of that company runs the whole show from behind the scenes, so the current president is nothing but a figurehead.