The throne of a lineal succession unbroken for ages eternal desiring to promote Having, by virtue of the glories of Our Ancestors, ascended With Us Our hope of making manifest the glory of Our country, both at home andĪbroad, and of securing forever the stability of the work bequeathed to Us by Not but that Our subjects will be guided by Our views, and will sympathize withĪll Our endeavours, and that, harmoniously cooperating together, they will share Considering that Our subjects are theĭescendants of the loyal and good subjects of Our Imperial Ancestors, We doubt Of their country and their public spirit. Imperial Ancestors, and to the loyalty and bravery of Our subjects, their love That this brilliant achievementĮmbellishes the annals of Our country, is due to the glorious virtues of Our Sacred Of Our Empire upon a basis, which is to last forever. The Imperial Founder of Our House and Our other Imperial Ancestors,īy the help and support of the forefathers of Our subjects, laid the foundation The present immutable fundamental law, for the sake of Our present subjects and In virtue of the supreme power We inherit from Our Imperial Ancestors, promulgate The prosperity of Our country, and the welfare of Our subjects, We do hereby, Whereas We make it the joy and glory of Our heart to behold
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Imperial Speech on the Promulgation of the Constitution May the Heavenly Spirits witness this Our solemn Oath.
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In the observance of the Laws hereby established. Oath never at this time nor in the future to fail to be an example to our subjects We now reverently make Our prayer to Them and to Our Illustriousįather, and implore the help of Their Sacred Spirits, and make to Them solemn This work, We owe to the glorious Spirits of the Imperial Founder of Our House That we have been soįortunate in Our reign, in keeping with the tendency of the times, as to accomplish Of grand precepts for the conduct of the government, bequeathed by the Imperialįounder of Our House and by Our other Imperial Ancestors. Greater firmness to the stability of Our country and to promote the welfare ofĪll the people within the boundaries of Our dominions and We now establish the Of Our laws shall continue to the remotest ages of time. Hand, Our Imperial posterity may possess an express guide for the course theyĪre to follow, and that, on the other, Our subjects shall thereby be enabled toĮnjoy a wider range of action in giving Us their support, and that the observance Of human affairs and in parallel with the advance of civilization, We deem itĮxpedient, in order to give clearness and distinctness to the instructions bequeathedīy the Imperial Founder of Our House and by Our other Imperial Ancestors, to establishįundamental laws formulated into express provisions of law, so that, on the one In consideration of the progressive tendency of the course We, the Successor to the prosperous Throne of Our Predecessors, do humbly and solemnly swear to the Imperial Founder of Our House and to Our other Imperial Ancestors that, in pursuance of a great policy co-extensive with the Heavens and with the Earth, We shall maintain and secure from decline the ancient form of government. Imperial Oath at the Sanctuary of the Imperial Palace
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The Ministers of State and the Privy Council (Article 55-56) Rights and Duties of Subjects (Article 18-32) The Constitution of the Empire of Japan Translated by Ito Miyoji.