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The system of government of the Japanese empire is as yet but imperfectly known. The supreme head of the State is an hereditary Emperor called Mikado, or ‘the Venerable,’ whose name is said to be known only to the princes of the Imperial family, and who appears to be considered of semi-divine origin. At his side stands a second Emperor, the Ziogoon, ‘Great Lord,’ or, as commonly styled, the Tycoon, whose office also is hereditary in his family, and who represents the central executive. But neither the Mikado nor the Tycoon seem to be possessed of absolute authority, extending over the whole State. The government of the country is partly vested in a number of feudal princes, or Daimios, proprietors in their own right of a more or less extensive territory.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Japan
1. Official Publications
Report by Mr. Sidney Locock, II. M.’s Secretary of Legation, on the Weights, Measures, and Currency of Japan, dated Yokohama, Jan. 10,1867; in ‘Reports by H. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. V. 1867. London, 1867.
Commercial Reports from H. M. M.’s Consuls in China and Japan. 1864. 8. London, 1865.
Commercial Reports from H. M. M.’s Consuls in China and Japan. 1865. 8. London, 1866.
Reports of Journeys in China and Japan performed by Mr. Alabaster, Mr. Oxenham, Mr. Markham, and Dr. Willis, of H.M.’s Consular Service. Presented to both Houses of Parliament. Fol. London, 1869.
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.
Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries. Imp. 4. London, 1869.
2. Non-Official Publications
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Martin, F. (1870). Japan. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230252998_39
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