Ancestor-worship and Japanese Law

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Z.P. Maruya & Company, Limited, 1901 - 76 ページ
 

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37 ページ - Meiji, a fundamental law of State, to exhibit the principles, by which We are to be guided in Our conduct, and to point out to what Our descendants and Our subjects and their descendants are forever to conform.
37 ページ - The rights of sovereignty of the State, We have inherited from Our Ancestors, and We shall bequeath them to Our descendants. Neither We nor they shall in future fail to wield them, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution hereby granted.
36 ページ - The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal.
39 ページ - X. Upon the demise of the Emperor, the Imperial heir shall ascend the Throne and shall acquire the Divine Treasures of the Imperial Ancestors.
37 ページ - Having, by virtue of the glories of Our Ancestors, ascended the throne of a lineal succession unbroken for ages eternal; desiring to promote the welfare of, and to give development to, the moral and intellectual faculties of Our beloved subjects, the very same that have been...
37 ページ - The Imperial Founder of Our House and Our other Imperial Ancestors, by the help and support of the forefathers of Our subjects, laid the foundation of Our Empire upon a basis which is to last forever.
13 ページ - In the centre of this sacred shelf is placed a taima, or o-nusa (great offering), which is a part of the offerings made to the Daijingu of Ise or the temple dedicated to Amaterasu Omi-Kami, the First Imperial Ancestor. The Taima is distributed from the temple of Ise...
70 ページ - But there are many rules still remaining, which show that the foundation of the succession to the house-headship is the necessity of continuing the worship of ancestors. Article 987 contains the following provision : " The ownership of the records of the genealogy of the house, the articles used for house-worship and the family tombs constitutes the special right of succession to the headship of a house.
54 ページ - Code say that sterility here does not mean actual barrenness, but the failure of male issue. The marriage being contracted for a special object, and that object failing, it was justifiable to dissolve the union. A man was, in fact, under a moral obligation to his ancestors to do so. Adultery is recognised by most nations as a ground of divorce ; but the reasons of its recognition differ considerably in ancient and modern legislations. In the eyes of the Taiho Code, it was not the immorality of the...
14 ページ - The cenotaph is usually lacquered and is sometimes placed in a box called "Zushi," while family crests are very often painted both on the tablet and on the box. Offerings of flowers, branches of shikimi-tree (Illicium religiosum), tea, rice and other vegetable foods are usually placed before the cenotaphs, while incense is continually burnt and in the evening small lamps are lighted. The Butsudan...

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