Five Charter Oath

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Gokajō_no_Goseimon
gptkb:Charter_Oath
gptkbp:article1 Deliberative assemblies shall be widely established and all matters decided by public discussion.
gptkbp:article2 All classes, high and low, shall unite in vigorously carrying out the administration of affairs of state.
gptkbp:article3 The common people, no less than the civil and military officials, shall each be allowed to pursue their own calling so that there may be no discontent.
gptkbp:article4 Evil customs of the past shall be broken off and everything based upon the just laws of Nature.
gptkbp:article5 Knowledge shall be sought throughout the world so as to strengthen the foundations of imperial rule.
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:historicalSignificance foundation for the Meiji Restoration reforms
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Five Charter Oath
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Meiji_Constitution
modernization of Japan
abolition of feudal system
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Kyoto_Imperial_Palace
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 5
gptkbp:purpose outline principles for modernization and reform
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Meiji_Restoration
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Emperor_Meiji
1868
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edo_to_Meiji_period
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6