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Book/Printed Material Eight-Point Program for a New Government.

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Title

  • Eight-Point Program for a New Government.

Summary

  • This manuscript is the handwritten draft of proposals formulated by Sakamoto Ryōma (1836-67) and Gotō Shōjirō (1838-97), pro-imperial activists from the Tosa Domain (now Kochi prefecture) in western Japan, in 1867. In this document, Ryōma and Shōjirō proposed an eight-point program of political reforms to be undertaken by the new imperial government after the expected resignation of Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837-1913), the last shogun. The proposed reforms included enactment of new fundamental laws, recruitment of capable people to serve as government advisers, establishment of diplomatic relations with foreign powers, and establishment of a parliament and of a headquarters for the army and the navy.

Names

  • Gotō, Shōjirō, 1838-1897 Author.
  • Sakamoto, Ryōma, 1836-1867 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1867.

Headings

  • -  Japan
  • -  1800 to 1899
  • -  Politics and government

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 19 x 59.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Diet Library.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667415

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gotō, Shōjirō, Author, and Ryōma Sakamoto. Eight-Point Program for a New Government. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1867] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667415/.

APA citation style:

Gotō, S. & Sakamoto, R. (1867) Eight-Point Program for a New Government. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667415/.

MLA citation style:

Gotō, Shōjirō, Author, and Ryōma Sakamoto. Eight-Point Program for a New Government. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1867] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667415/>.