Privy Council of Japan

E70644
advisory body government council

The Privy Council of Japan was a powerful advisory body to the Emperor during the Meiji and early Shōwa periods, reviewing legislation, treaties, and constitutional matters until its abolition after World War II.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Privy Council of Japan canonical 10
Japanese Privy Council 2
Emperor’s Privy Council of Japan 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory body ⓘ
government council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sūmitsuin ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
authorityOver approval of imperial ordinances issued in place of law ⓘ
interpretation of the Meiji Constitution ⓘ
capital Tokyo ⓘ
composition councillors appointed by the Emperor ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
dateDissolved 1947-05-03 ⓘ
dateFounded 1888-05-28 ⓘ
dissolved 1947 ⓘ
distinctFrom Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet of Japan
establishedBy Meiji Constitution ⓘ
firstPresident Itō Hirobumi ⓘ
hasRole advising on constitutional amendments ⓘ
advising on emergency imperial ordinances ⓘ
advising on international agreements ⓘ
advising on matters of state referred by the Emperor ⓘ
advising the Emperor of Japan ⓘ
reviewing constitutional matters ⓘ
reviewing legislation ⓘ
reviewing treaties ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody President of the Privy Council ⓘ
historicalEra Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
inception 1888 ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
legalForm constitutional organ ⓘ
legalStatus organ directly responsible to the Emperor ⓘ
legislativeBody Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet of Japan
location Tokyo ⓘ
meetingPlace Tokyo Imperial Palace ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo Imperial Palace area
memberOf Imperial court of Japan (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Imperial institutions of Japan
namedAfter Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy council
operatingPeriod Meiji era ⓘ
surface form: Meiji period

Taisho era ⓘ
surface form: Taishō period

early Shōwa period ⓘ
partOf Government of Japan ⓘ
surface form: government of the Empire of Japan
reasonForDissolution adoption of the postwar Constitution of Japan ⓘ
replacedBy Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet Legislation Bureau

Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
House of Councillors ⓘ
surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
significantEvent advice on the London Naval Treaty ⓘ
advice on the ratification of international treaties in the interwar period ⓘ
involvement in pre–World War II constitutional disputes ⓘ
review of the draft Meiji Constitution ⓘ
subordinateTo Emperor of Japan ⓘ
writingSystem Japanese writing system ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Meiji Constitution → recognizedBody → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
Saitō Makoto → positionHeld → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of the Privy Council of Japan
Governor-General of Taiwan → subordinateTo → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Privy Council
Ōyama Iwao → associatedWith → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Privy Council
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan → relatedConcept → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
Lord President of the Privy Council of Japan → partOf → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
Lord President of the Privy Council of Japan → headOf → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
genrō (elder statesman) → influencedInstitution → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: genrō
President of the Privy Council → partOf → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Privy Council (Japan)
President of the Privy Council → headOfGovernmentBody → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Privy Council (Japan)
President of the Privy Council → presidesOver → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Privy Council (Japan)
President of the Privy Council → memberOf → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Privy Council (Japan)
Sūmitsuin → namedAfter → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor’s Privy Council of Japan
Sūmitsuin → governmentOfficeOrTitle → Privy Council of Japan ⓘ