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1. Meiji Constitution

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   The Meiji Constitution, formally the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (大日本帝國憲法, Dai Nippon Teikoku Kenpō), was promulgated on February 11, 1889, and served as the supreme law of Japan until its promulgation of the Constitution of Japan in 1947. Drafted largely under the guidance of Itō Hirobumi, it established a framework for a constitutional monarchy heavily skewed toward executive and sovereign authority, drawing primary …

2. Meiji Constitution

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   The drive to create a written constitution arose from both internal pressures for representative government following the Meiji Restoration and external pressures, primarily the desire to revise the unequal treaties imposed by Western powers. Western nations demanded evidence of Japan's commitment to "civilized" governance, which typically involved the establishment of a codified legal framework.
   Itō Hirobumi, the primary architect, undertook extensive comparative studies of European constitutions. W…