 | Law - 1898 - 402 pages
..."The Emperor is sacred and inviolable." Of the sovereign power of the Emperor article IV. provides : "The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining...sovereignty, and exercises them, according to the provision of the present Constitution." But he has no actual power in legislation except by the .consent... | |
 | Social sciences - 1900 - 400 pages
...language whose import is deep and comprehensive. An article in our Constitution, for instance, declares: "The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining...exercises them, according to the provisions of the present Constitution."3 This article may, as do the believers in the divine right of the Emperor.be interpreted... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 708 pages
...Absolute Monarchy. A Constitution was, however, promulgated on February 11, 1889. By this Constitution the Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in himself the rights of sovereignty, and exercising the whole of the executive powers with the advice and assistance of the Cabinet Ministers,... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Japan - Japan - 1901 - 876 pages
...any of the other Departments of State, was selected. It showed clearly that the Emperor was to remain the " Head of the Empire, combining in " Himself the rights of sovereignty," though it was determined, with His sanction, that their exercise should be thereafter guided by the... | |
 | Ernest Wilson Clement - Japan - 1903 - 492 pages
...prerogatives, at the outset, however, seems far from generous. The Emperor, "sacred and inviolate,"' is "the head of the empire," combining in himself the rights of sovereignty; but he "exercises them according to the provisions of the Constitution." It is only "in consequence... | |
 | james a. b scerer - 1905 - 380 pages
...the Imperial House Law. ARTICLE III. The Emperor is sacred and inviolable. ARTICLE IV. The Emperor is head of the Empire, combining in Himself the rights of sovereignty, and exercising them, according to the provisions of the present Constitution. ARTICLE V. The Emperor exercises... | |
 | James Augustin Brown Scherer - Education - 1905 - 392 pages
...the Imperial House Law. ARTICLE III. The Emperor is sacred and inviolable. ARTICLE IV. The Emperor is head of the Empire, combining in Himself the rights of sovereignty, and exercising them, according to the provisions of the present Constitution. ARTICLE V. The Emperor exercises... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1916 - 724 pages
...Yokohama, had used the name of the Emperor in his plea! The Constitution further states positively that The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in himself the rights of sovereignty and exercising them, according to the provisions of the present Constitution.1 Ito, in his comments on... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Japan - Japan - 1914 - 796 pages
...according to the provisions of the Imperial House Ijiw. III. The Emperor is sacred and inviolable. IV. The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in...of sovereignty, and exercises them according to the provis ons of the present Constitution. V. The Emperor exercises the legislative power with the consent... | |
 | Ernest Wilson Clement - Japan - 1915 - 216 pages
...Count (the late Prince) ltd, Messrs. Kaneko and Suyematsu (now Viscounts) , and others. 126 inviolate," is "the head of the Empire," combining in himself the rights of sovereignty; but he "exercises them according to the provisions of the constitution." It is only "in consequence... | |
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The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in Himself the rights of sovereignty, and exercises them, according to the provisions of the present Constitutions. 
