| Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - China - 1896 - 506 pages
...eternal.' Article i. repeats the same consolatory fiction, while projecting it into an endless future : ' The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal.' In the Imperial oath, taken at the promulgation of the new Constitution, the Emperor said : ' That... | |
| Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - China - 1896 - 502 pages
...repeats the same consolatoiy fiction, while projecting it into an endless future : 'The Umpire of .1span shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal.' In the Imperial oath, taken at the promulgation of the new Constitution, the Emperor said : 'That we... | |
| 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... | |
| Law - 1898 - 402 pages
...govern the State, and reference also is made to the original national policy. Article I. provides that: "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal." This article clearly states the relation existing between the Emperor and his subjects. With reference... | |
| International law - 1900 - 1240 pages
...classique sur la Constitution japonaise, reproduit de la façon suivante, en anglais, cet article 1 : « The empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of emperors unbroken for ay;e eternal », et il explique ainsi cette particularité de rédaction : Par« règne et gouverne... | |
| Nobushige Hozumi - Ancestor worship - 1901 - 92 pages
...the Empire. That fundamental principle is clearly stated in the 1st Article of the Constitution : " The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal" Marquis Ito, in his "Commentaries on the Constitution" translated into English by Baron Miyoji Ito... | |
| Alfred Stead - Japan - 1902 - 282 pages
...Krnpire. That fundamental principle is clearly stated in the first article of the Constitution : — ' The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal." In the course of the Imperial speech on the occasion of the promulgation of the Constitution, His Majesty... | |
| Sidney Lewis Gulick - Japan - 1903 - 474 pages
...Thus it is quite legitimate to think that the rights of sovereignty exist in the Emperor himself. . . The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal. (Constitution, Art. LXXIII.) . . . The sovereign power of the state cannot be dissociated from the... | |
| Alfred Stead - Industries - 1904 - 774 pages
...Council. B.— THE CONSTITUTION OF THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN* CHAPTER I. — THE EMPEROR. ARTICLE I. — The Empire of Japan shall be 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... | |
| Alfred Stead - Industries - 1904 - 752 pages
...proclamations. Herein we may trace the source of the text of the Constitution contained in Article I. : ' The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors which shall remain unbroken to all time.' From the beginning of the Empire the changes which have taken... | |
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