Oath in Five Articles

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Oath in Five Articles is the alternative name for the 1868 Charter Oath, a foundational statement of principles that guided Japan’s early Meiji-era modernization and political reform.

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Oath in Five Articles canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Meiji Restoration document ⓘ
government reform program ⓘ
political charter ⓘ
alternateName Charter Oath ⓘ
Gokajō no Goseimon ⓘ
appliesTo Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
author leaders of the Meiji oligarchy ⓘ
commitment to allow people of all classes to pursue their own calling ⓘ
to break away from outdated customs ⓘ
to establish deliberative assemblies ⓘ
to involve all classes in state affairs ⓘ
to seek knowledge throughout the world ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
date 1868-04-06 ⓘ
describedAs basic policy charter of the Meiji government ⓘ
follows Restoration of imperial rule in 1868 ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
hasPart Article 1: establishment of deliberative assemblies ⓘ
Article 2: involvement of all classes in state affairs ⓘ
Article 3: freedom for people to pursue their own calling ⓘ
Article 4: abandonment of evil customs of the past ⓘ
Article 5: seeking knowledge throughout the world to strengthen imperial rule ⓘ
historicalPeriod Meiji Restoration ⓘ
early Meiji era ⓘ
influenced Meiji Constitution ⓘ
abolition of the feudal domain system ⓘ
creation of a modern bureaucracy in Japan ⓘ
modernization of Japan’s education system ⓘ
issuedBy Imperial Court of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Yamato dynasty
language Classical Japanese ⓘ
legalStatus imperial oath ⓘ
mainSubject abandonment of feudal customs ⓘ
establishment of deliberative assemblies ⓘ
modernization of Japan ⓘ
participation of all classes in government affairs ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
pursuit of knowledge from the world ⓘ
numberOfArticles 5 ⓘ
place Kyoto Imperial Palace ⓘ
politicalIdeology constitutionalism (incipient) ⓘ
modernizing conservatism ⓘ
purpose to guide Japan’s modernization and political reform ⓘ
to outline fundamental principles for the new Meiji government ⓘ
relatedTo Freedom and People’s Rights Movement ⓘ
Iwakura Mission ⓘ
Meiji Constitution of 1889 ⓘ
linked to: Meiji Constitution

abolition of the han system ⓘ
signedBy Emperor Meiji ⓘ
significance foundational statement of principles for the Meiji government ⓘ
ideological basis for later Meiji reforms ⓘ
year 1868 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charter Oath of 1868 → alsoKnownAs → Oath in Five Articles ⓘ
Gokajō no Goseimon → alsoKnownAs → Oath in Five Articles ⓘ