I announce to the world that I have succeeded to the Imperial Throne and have assumed the sovereignty of the country, and that the Imperial Oath of Five Articles is established as the fundamental principle of the state.
— Meiji Emperor Modern

Modernized Japan

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Proclamation of the Charter Oath

Date / Period

1868

Category

Shocking

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