Shotoku604
The Shotoku Taishu code issued by Shotoku forms the basis of a Constitution. The constitution demands the veneration of Buddha, Buddhist priests & Buddhist laws
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The Shotoku Taishu code issued by Shotoku forms the basis of a Constitution. The constitution demands the veneration of Buddha, Buddhist priests & Buddhist laws
The end of Shogun rule, executive power passes to the Emperor
Establishment of Provincial Parliaments
Royal families receive new titles in a hierarchy of 5 ranks from Prince to Baron. Establishment of an upper House of members of the court nobility, the "Kuge"
Introduces the Meiji Constitution
Appoints an executive Prime Minister & a 10 man cabinet
Party Government is effectively brought to an end as the military takes over
Political parties are banned
Issues an Imperial Rescript rejecting Japanese racial superiority. Issues an Imperial Rescript denying his divinity
The Emperor is proclaimed "symbol of the state and of the unity of the people"
Under the constitution sovereignty rests in the people, not the Emperor. The new constitution renounces war & abolishes the divinity of the Emperor
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