1933

JAPAN
Constitution and Government
The government of the Japanese Empire was anciently, in theory at least, that
of an absolute monarchy, but the real administrative and executive power was in the
hands of the Shogun and his clansmen. In the year 1868 the Imperialist party over¬
threw, after a short war, the power of the Shogun, together with that of the Daimios
•or feudal nobles, who, on the 25th June, 1869, resigned their lands, revenues and
retainers to the Mikado, by whom they were permitted to retain onArpnt-U
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one rvusso-j apanese war. The fu and ken are governed by prefects, who are all of
equal rank, are under the control of the Ministry of the Interior and have limited
P0W®J'.S> being required to submit every matter, unless there is a precedent for it, to
the Minister of the Interior. Nor have they any concern in judicial proceedings, which
come under the cognizance of the 51 local Courts, and the seven Supreme Courts at
Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Miyagi, and Sapporo, over which the
Daishm-In presides at Tokyo.
Previous to the last change of Government, which restored the ancient Imperial
regime, the administrative authority rested with the Shogun (Military Commander),
"whom foreigners were at first led to recognise as the temporal sovereign, and with whom
negotiated treaties of peace and commerce. The Shogunate was founded in
1184 by Yontomo, a general of great valour and ability, and was continued through
several dynasties until 1868, when the Tokugawa family were dispossessed of the
■usurped authority. Under the Shogun 300 or more Daimios (feudal princes) shared