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The Japanese claim that their empire was founded by the first Emperor Jimmu 660 b.c., and that the dynasty founded by him still reigns. It was revived in the year 1868, when the now ruling (de jure), sovereign overthrew, after a short war, the power of the Shogun (the de facto , sovereign), who had held the ruling power in successive families since the twelfth century; and in 1871 the feudal system (Hõken Seiji) was entirely suppressed. The sovereign bears the name of Kōtei, or Emperor; but the appellation by which he is generally known in foreign countries is the ancient title of Mikado, or ‘The Honourable Gate.’
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Japan
1. Official Publications
Constitution of the Empire of Japan. Tokio, 1889.
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Keltie, J.S. (1896). Japan. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253254_27
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