 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1911 - 898 pages
...This fact was stronelv emphasized in Article T by stating that «the Empire of Japan shall be reified over and governed by a line of emperors unbroken for ages eternal.* Under this chapter the royal prerogatives L_ are summarized as concisely as possible in a few articles,... | |
 | Japan - 1914 - 1244 pages
...Thieves. The Constitution ' of Japan (Seitai), promulgated Feb. 11, 1889, provides that the Empire shall be reigned over and governed 'by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal '; the executive power is therefore vested in the Emperor, and is exercised by him through ten ministers whom... | |
 | William Elliot Griffis - Literary Criticism - 1915 - 372 pages
...future : Mikadoism. Standing as a portal to the national Constitution of 1889 is this declaration: "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed...by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal." CHAPTER III THE STATE OR ANCESTORS? The Mikado is the living symbol of all that is glorious in the... | |
 | Law - 1915 - 454 pages
...|M>ople, the framera of the Constitution defined the' position of the Emperor as follows: The Kmpire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal, and the Eui]>cror is sacred and inviolable. This clearly recoprnir.es the sovereignty of the Emperor.... | |
 | William Elliot Griffis - Literary Criticism - 1915 - 368 pages
...largely responsible, that the Constitution of 1889, so explicitly and with emphasis, declares that "the Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors." Mutsuhito, a true governor, lived a life of ceaseless industry in shouldering the cares of state. Nevertheless,... | |
 | William Elliot Griffis - Literary Criticism - 1915 - 364 pages
...largely responsible, that the Constitution of 1889, so explicitly and with emphasis, declares that "the Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors." Mutsuhito, a true governor, lived a life of ceaseless industry in shouldering the cares of state. Nevertheless,... | |
 | Carl Crow - Japan - 1916 - 330 pages
...idea. The Emperor is supreme, his powers being set forth in the first part of the constitution of Japan as follows : "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned...a line of emperors unbroken for ages eternal. The Emperor is sacred and inviolable. The Emperor is the head of the Empire, combining in himself the rights... | |
 | Stephen Haley Allen - Constitutional history - 1916 - 1238 pages
...convening of the Diet for which it provided. The most important provisions of the constitution are as follows: "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned...a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal." The succession shall be to imperial male descendants according to the imperial house law. The emperor exercises... | |
 | Frank J. Goodnow - Constitutional history - 1916 - 426 pages
...the codes. APPENDIX V CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN1 (February 11, 1889) 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... | |
 | Bartow Adolphus Ulrich - Constitutional law - 1916 - 446 pages
...untechnical language in which it appears." — WALTER FAIRLEIGH DODD. 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. CHAPTER II. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUBJECTS. Art. 1 8. The conditions necessary for being a Japanese... | |
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The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal. 
