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*''Date: [[1868]]/3/14''
The Charter Oath was an early predecessor to a [[Meiji Constitution]], and constituted the basic policies of the new [[Meiji government]], announced on [[1868]]/3/14.
The document was based on a draft by [[Kido Koin|Kido Kôin]], who based it in turn on versions submitted to him by [[Yuri Kimimasa]] ([[1829]]-[[1909]]) of [[Echizen province|Echizen]] and [[Fukuoka Takachika]] ([[1835]]-1919) of [[Tosa province|Tosa]]; all three drafts emphasized the idea of free and open discussion (''kôron''), and of rule by a committee of ''daimyô'' from a number of (or all) [[han|domains]], and not solely or chiefly by leaders from [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshû]].
==References==
*David Lu, ''Japan: A Documentary History'', 306.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
The Charter Oath was an early predecessor to a [[Meiji Constitution]], and constituted the basic policies of the new [[Meiji government]], announced on [[1868]]/3/14.
The document was based on a draft by [[Kido Koin|Kido Kôin]], who based it in turn on versions submitted to him by [[Yuri Kimimasa]] ([[1829]]-[[1909]]) of [[Echizen province|Echizen]] and [[Fukuoka Takachika]] ([[1835]]-1919) of [[Tosa province|Tosa]]; all three drafts emphasized the idea of free and open discussion (''kôron''), and of rule by a committee of ''daimyô'' from a number of (or all) [[han|domains]], and not solely or chiefly by leaders from [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshû]].
==References==
*David Lu, ''Japan: A Documentary History'', 306.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
