Meiji Constitution
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The Constitution of the Empire of Japan, known informally as the Meiji Constitution, was the constitution of the Empire of Japan which was proclaimed on February 11, 1889, and remained in force betwee
Meiji Constitution promulgation by Toyohara Chikanobu
![Conference on Drafting a Constitution by Goseda Hōryū [ja], showing Itō Hirobumi explaining the draft to the Emperor and the Privy Council in June 188](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Conference_on_Drafting_a_Constitution_by_Goseda_Horyu_%28Meiji_Memorial_Picture_Gallery%29.jpg/500px-Conference_on_Drafting_a_Constitution_by_Goseda_Horyu_%28Meiji_Memorial_Picture_Gallery%29.jpg)
Conference on Drafting a Constitution by Goseda Hōryū [ja], showing Itō Hirobumi explaining the draft to the Emperor and the Privy Council in June 1888 (Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery)
Ceremony for the Promulgation of the Constitution by Wada Eisaku, showing the Emperor presenting the Constitution to Prime Minister Kuroda Kiyotaka at a ceremony in the Imperial Palace on 11 February 1889 (Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery)
![Grand Parade to Celebrate the Constitution, also on the day of promulgation, by Katata Tokurō [ja] (Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/%E7%89%87%E5%A4%9A%E5%BE%B3%E9%83%8E%E7%94%BB%E3%80%81%E6%86%B2%E6%B3%95%E7%99%BA%E5%B8%83%E8%A6%B3%E5%85%B5%E5%BC%8F%E8%A1%8C%E5%B9%B8%E5%95%93.jpg/500px-%E7%89%87%E5%A4%9A%E5%BE%B3%E9%83%8E%E7%94%BB%E3%80%81%E6%86%B2%E6%B3%95%E7%99%BA%E5%B8%83%E8%A6%B3%E5%85%B5%E5%BC%8F%E8%A1%8C%E5%B9%B8%E5%95%93.jpg)
Grand Parade to Celebrate the Constitution, also on the day of promulgation, by Katata Tokurō [ja] (Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery)
Meiji Restoration
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The Meiji Restoration, referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration, was a political event that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji and led to the westernisation of Jap
Meiji Constitution
…the Empire of Japan which was proclaimed on February 11, 1889, and remained in force between November 29, 1890, until May 2, 1947. Enacted after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, it provided for a form of mixed constitutional and absolute monarchy, primarily based on the German and partly based on the British models…
Portrait of Emperor Meiji in 1880
A Japanese print depicting the arrival of Perry's fleet (1854)
Arimura Jisaemon preparing to decapitate Ii Naosuke (1860)
Japanese print by Utagawa Kuniteru III depicting "Takeda Kōunsai at Mt. Tsukuba" under the banner of sonnō jōi.