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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 Shiogun (the de facto sovereign), who had held the ruling power in successive families since the twelfth century; and in 1871 the feudal system (Hōken 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.
General Outlines of Education in Japan. Tokio, 1884.
Grierson (Capt. J. M.), The Armed Strength of Japan. London, 1886.
Report on Cotton Manufactures in Japan in No. 86 of the ‘ Reports on Subjects of General and Commercial Interest.’ London, 1888.
Report on the Trade of Hakodate, No. 590; of Nagasaki in No. 589; of Hiogo and Osaka in No. 594; of Yokohama in No. 560, of ‘Diplomatic and Consular Reports.’ London, 1889.
Reports of the various Government Departments, 1886–87 and 1887–88.
Résumé statistique de l’empire du Japon. Tokio, 1889.
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2. Non-Official Publications
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Keltie, J.S. (1890). Japan. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253193_27
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