House of Peers (Japan)
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The House of Peers was the upper house of the Imperial Diet as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan.
House of Peers, 1915
Emperor Meiji in a formal session of the House of Peers. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Yōshū Chikanobu, 1890
The House of Peers in 1910
Itō Hirobumi
National Diet
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The National Diet is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, the House of Councillors. Both houses are directly ele
House of Peers (Japan)
…The House of Peers (貴族院, Kizoku-in) was the upper house of the Imperial Diet as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (in effect from 11 February 1889 to 3 May 1947). In 1869, under the new Meiji government, a…
Diet of Japan Kokkai 2009
House of Representatives
House of Councillors
The waiting room adjacent to the Cabinet Room at the National Diet Building