The Constitutional Development of Japan, 1853-1881
Toyokichi Iyenaga
A short study of how Japan moved from shogunal rule toward a constitution, from Perry's arrival to the 1881 promise of a parliament. Written in 1891 by a Japanese political scientist.
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