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In the very first years of its existence, the Council was tasked primarily with advising the [[Meiji Emperor]] on the drafting of the [[Meiji Constitution]], several other fundamental laws of the nation,<ref>Including the Imperial House Law, Law of the Houses of the Diet, Election Law, and Imperial Ordinance Concerning the House of Peers.</ref> and various matters of Imperial ritual, such as whether accession rites should be performed in [[Kyoto]], or in [[Tokyo]]. The members of the Council were initially rather divided on this last matter. Though the Meiji Emperor had had his ''daijôsai'' rite performed in Tokyo, an Imperial Rescript issued on [[1883]]/4/24 dictated that all future accession ceremonies were to be performed in Kyoto, rendering the [[1871]] ''daijôsai'' of the Meiji Emperor an exception in Imperial history.<ref>Fujitani, 59-60.</ref>

In the very first years of its existence, the Council was tasked primarily with advising the [[Meiji Emperor]] on the drafting of the [[Meiji Constitution]], several other fundamental laws of the nation,<ref>Including the Imperial House Law, Law of the Houses of the Diet, Election Law, and Imperial Ordinance Concerning the House of Peers.</ref> and various matters of Imperial ritual, such as whether accession rites should be performed in [[Kyoto]], or in [[Tokyo]]. The members of the Council were initially rather divided on this last matter. Though the Meiji Emperor had had his ''daijôsai'' rite performed in Tokyo, an Imperial Rescript issued on [[1883]]/4/24 dictated that all future accession ceremonies were to be performed in Kyoto, rendering the [[1871]] ''daijôsai'' of the Meiji Emperor an exception in Imperial history.<ref>Fujitani, 59-60.</ref>

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