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Book/Printed Material Japanese House of Representatives Member Certificate of Mutsu Munemitsu.

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Title

  • Japanese House of Representatives Member Certificate of Mutsu Munemitsu.

Summary

  • The first election to the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Japanese Diet, was held on July 1, 1890, with 300 seats to be filled. The franchise was limited to about one percent of the total population. Mutsu Munemitsu, minister of agriculture in the first cabinet of Kōshaku (Prince) Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922), the first prime minister under Japan's new parliamentary system, won a seat in the House of Representatives in his home region of Wakayama. He was the only member of the cabinet to become a member of the House of Representatives. This document certifies his election.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1890.

Headings

  • -  Japan
  • -  1890
  • -  Elections
  • -  Government employees
  • -  Japan. Kokkai (National Diet)
  • -  Japan. Kokkai. Shūgiin (National Diet, House of Representatives)
  • -  Mutsu, Munemitsu, 1844-1897
  • -  Politics and government
  • -  Representative government and representation

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  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

  • 2021667473

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Japanese House of Representatives Member Certificate of Mutsu Munemitsu. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1890] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667473/.

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(1890) Japanese House of Representatives Member Certificate of Mutsu Munemitsu. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667473/.

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Japanese House of Representatives Member Certificate of Mutsu Munemitsu. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1890] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667473/>.