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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 February 2019
A modern political structure was introduced to Japan by the Meiji Constitution of 1889. The basic principle of this constitution was Ten-no-Sei, a form of absolute monarchism. Sovereignty belongs to Ten-no by right of inheritance from imperial ancestors in a “Lineal succession unbroken for ages eternal” (Article I). Ten-no is described as “sacred and inviolable” (Article III).
Shoichi Izumi, Chief of General Reference Section, Reference and Bibliography Division, National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan.