title: The Quest for Japan's New Constitution: An Analysis of Visions and Constitutional Reform Proposals 1980-2009 (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series)
author:  Christian G. Winkler 
description: <strong>Christian G. Winkler</strong> is currently Visiting Researcher in the Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University, Japan.
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  The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881
  
  
    
    
  [INTRODUCTORY.](The%20Constitutional%20Development_split_001.html#filepos3534)  
    
  [CHAPTER I. BEGINNING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL
  
  
  MOVEMENT.  
    
  [CHAPTER II. THE
  RESTORATION.](The%20Constitutional%20Development_split_001.html#filepos31378)  
    
  [CHAPTER III. THE ABOLITION OF
  FEUDALISM.](The%20Constitutional%20Development_split_001.html#filepos64787)  
    
  [CHAPTER IV. INFLUENCES THAT SHAPED THE GROWTH OF
  
  
  THE REPRESENTATIVE IDEA OF GOVERNMENT.  
    
  [CHAPTER V. PROGRESS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT
  
  
  FROM THE ABOLITION OF FEUDALISM TO THE PROCLAMATION OF OCTOBER 12,
  
  
  1881.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881
  
  
  ### Toyokichi Iyenaga
  
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  * INTRODUCTORY.
  
  
  * CHAPTER I. BEGINNING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL
  
  
  MOVEMENT.
  
  
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