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The system of government of the Japanese empire is as yet but imperfectly known. The nominal head of the State is a Spiritual Emperor called the ‘Mikado,’ invisible to the people, and considered of semi-divine origin. At his side stands a Temporal Emperor, the ‘Ziogun,’ or, as commonly called, the Tycoon, whose office also is hereditary in his family, and who represents the central executive. But neither the Mikado nor the Tycoon appear to be possessed of general authority, extending over the whole State. The actual government is vested in a number of feudal princes, or ‘Daimios,’ proprietors in their own right of a more or less extensive territory, over which they exercise absolute sway. The central authority is not only powerless as far as they are concerned, but they claim the right even of removing the Tycoon and his ministers.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Japan
1. Official Publications
Commercial Reports from H.M.’s Consuls in China and Japan. 1864. 8. London, 1865.
Commercial Reports from H.M.’s Consuls in China and Japan. 1865. 8. London, 1866.
Reports by Mr. Consul Vyse and Mr. Consul Winchester on the Trade of Hakodadi and Kanagawa; in ‘Commercial Reports received at the Foreign Office.’ 8. London, 1865.
Reports by Messrs. Fisher, Rice, and Walsh, United States’ Consuls at Kanagawa, Hakodadi, and Nagasaki, on the trade and commerce of Japan; in ‘Annual Report on Foreign Commerce’ 8. Washington, 1865.
2. Non-Official Publications
Alcock (Sir Rutherford), The Capital of the Tycoon; a narrative of a three years’ residence in Japan. 2 vols. 8. London, 1863.
Cornwallis (Kinahan), Two Journeys to Japan, 1856–57. 8. London, 1859.
Fraissinet (Ed.), Le Japon, histoire et description, moeurs, coutumes et. religion. Nouvelle édition, augmentée de trois chapitres nouveaux, rapports et traités avec les Européans. 2 vols. 12. Paris, 1866.
Heine (W.), Reise um die Erde nach Japan. 8. Leipzig, 1856.
Hildreth (R.), Japan as It Was and Is. 8. London, 1856.
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Osborn (Capt. S.), A Cruise in Japanese Waters. 8. London, 1859.
Spiess (Gust.), Die Preussisehe Expedition nach Ostasien während der Jahre 1860–62. Reise-Skizzen aus Japan, China, Siam und der Indischen Inselwelt. 8. Berlin, 1865.
Titsingh (M.), Mémoires et Aneedotes sur la Dynastie Régnante des Djogoungs, souverains du Japon. Publié par A. Rémusat. 8. Paris, 1820.
Wüllerstorf-Urbair (Baron von), Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. v. Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Beschreibender Theil von Dr. Karl v. Scherzer. 2 vols. 8. Vienna, 1865.
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Martin, F. (1867). Japan. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230252967_34
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