Write a note on the Meiji constitution.

Japan has a long history of constitutions and the earliest is the 17 Article constitution issued by Shotoku Taishi in 604 A.D. but the idea of a modern constitution owes more to western legal influence then to Chinese ideals. Before the Meiji period there had been deliberative assemblies of feudal lords and there was a tradition of public authority or kogi which many scholars see as the basis on which modern constitutionalism was successfully built. In other words there was a tradition of arriving at decisions through discussion. We have already seen that the authority of the Shogun during the Tokugawa period was not feudal but purely autocratic. The Meiji leaders in the initial months issued a statement which was in effect an appeal for unity and which laid down the basis for future change. The Charter Oath issued by the Emperor on April 6, 1868 had five articles. The first among these promised: "An assembly widely convoked shall be decided by public I discussion." This laid the basis for the creation of a constitutional system of government

The crucial problems which arose while deciding about the nature of the I constitution were to do with: 

• the speed at which these measures would be carried out, 
• the power and authority of the Emperor, and 
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