| American Geographical Society of New York - Electronic journals - 1889 - 810 pages
...reasonable security against the fate of Dom Pedro II. in the declaration made in Chapter i, Article i : "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal." The area of the Empire is 24,794.36 square ;•/, each of 5.9552 square miles. The proportion of cultivated... | |
| Hirobumi Itō - Constitutional history - 1889 - 312 pages
...national polity is by no means changed by it, but is more strongly confirmed than ever. ARTICLE I. ' The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal. Since the time when the first Imperial Ancestor opened it, the country has not been free from occasional... | |
| Japan - Japan - 1889 - 32 pages
...Viscount ENOMOTO TAKEAKI, MinisterofSlale for Communications. CHAPTER I. — THE EMPEROR. ARTICLE I. — The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages elernal. ARTICLE II. — The Imperial Throne shall be succeeded to by Imperial male descendants, according... | |
| Japan - Constitutions - 1889 - 74 pages
...State for Communications. CONSTITUTION. CHAPTER I. THE EMPEROR. ARTICLE I. The Empire of Japan shall he reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal. ARTICLE II. The Imperial Throne shall be succeeded to by Imperial male descendants, according to the... | |
| 1890 - 880 pages
...exception in the history of monarchies. This fact was strongly emphasized in Article 1 by stating that '' the Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of emperors unbroken for ages eternal." Under this chapter the royal prerogatives are summarized as concisely as possible in a few articles,... | |
| Bayard Taylor - 1893 - 356 pages
...Heavenly Spirits witness this Our Solemn Oath." The first article in the Constitution states that, " the Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal." Mr. Arinori Mori, formerly Japanese Minister at Washington and London, and at the time of his assassination... | |
| Japan - 1892 - 568 pages
...Heavenly Spirits witness this Our Solemn Oath." The first article in the Constitution states that, " the Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal." Mr. Arinori Mori, formerly Japanese Minister at Washington and London, and at the time of his assassination... | |
| New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1894 - 508 pages
...forever assume the duty of allegiance to the present Constitution. CHAPTER I. The Emperor. Article 1. The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal. Art. 2. The Imperial Throne shall be succeeded to by Imperial male descendants, according to the provisions... | |
| Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - China - 1896 - 506 pages
...looks strangely out of place. The Preamble of the latter begins with the words : * Having, by virtue of the glories of Our Ancestors, ascended the throne...said : ' That we have been so fortunate in our reign, ill keeping with the tendency of the times, as to accomplish this work, we owe to the glorious spirits... | |
| Asia - 1897 - 810 pages
...our national genius. A change in national genius would mean [he fall and destruction of the Empire. " The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal, "f The Imperial Throne is the depository of sovereignty, and the land and its people are subject to... | |
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