著者

石倉 幸雄 Yukio Ishikura

雑誌

国際経営・文化研究 = Cross-cultural business and cultural studies (ISSN:13431412)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.21, no.1, pp.17-36, 2016-12-01

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After the victory over the feudal powers (Tokugawa Bakuhan Taisei), Meiji Government started its office on January 3rd 1868 declaring the Restoration to the old autocratic Tenno(Monarchical) regime as its political cause, with total abolition of every feudal way and custom. As a matter of course came the reinstatement of the Emperor (Tenno) and the royal family in conformity with its old status.Then the government promulgated the Meiji Constitution on February 11th 1889, and adopted a constitutional form of government under the same political regime. On this changing context the royal family who were entitled to succession to the Emperor were politically marginalized and left behind social interest. Hirobumi Itoh who had worked for Japan three times as the prime minister was much concerned with this peculiar social condition, and made an effort to lift the royal family up to the previous social status considering that the royal family was essential for the balanced and secured development of the Japanese Tenno regime. This dissertation tries to attempt to put light on the process in which the royal family were secured from the political oblivion.