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Book/Printed Material Imperial Order to Dispatch Mission Head Plenipotentiary Itō to Europe to Study Constitutional Forms of Government.

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Title

  • Imperial Order to Dispatch Mission Head Plenipotentiary Itō to Europe to Study Constitutional Forms of Government.

Summary

  • This document is the 1882 imperial order commanding Itō Hirobumi (1841--1909) to visit Europe to study the constitutional systems of various European countries. A separate document presents a concrete list of 31 different items to be studied, including each country's constitution, royal family, legislature, cabinet, judiciary, and system of local government. On March 14, 1882 (Meiji 15), Itō set sail from Yokohama. He spent 14 months in Europe, traveling around Prussia (Germany), Austria, Britain, Belgium, and other countries. In Prussia he was influenced by the lectures of such men as Rudolf von Gneist, the jurist and statesman; Albert Mosse, a lawyer who lived in Tokyo in the late 1880s; and Lorenz von Stein, an economist, sociologist, and expert on public administration. Itō had studied in Britain in the 1860s and was a deputy ambassador on the Iwakura mission, which traveled to the United States, Britain, France, Russia, and other European countries in 1871--73. He served four times as Japan's prime minister, and supervised the drafting of Japan's first constitution, which became law in 1890.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1882.

Headings

  • -  Japan
  • -  1882
  • -  Comparative government
  • -  Itō, Hirobumi, 1841-1909
  • -  Politics and government

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 2 books, 23.5 x 33.3 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.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667431

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Chicago citation style:

Imperial Order to Dispatch Mission Head Plenipotentiary Itō to Europe to Study Constitutional Forms of Government. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1882] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667431/.

APA citation style:

(1882) Imperial Order to Dispatch Mission Head Plenipotentiary Itō to Europe to Study Constitutional Forms of Government. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667431/.

MLA citation style:

Imperial Order to Dispatch Mission Head Plenipotentiary Itō to Europe to Study Constitutional Forms of Government. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1882] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667431/>.