[New constitution of Japan promotional slides] [slides]. 2.

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Pamphlet Text: 徳川家光が鎖国のふれを出して以来、日本はまるで外国の様子も知らず三百年の永い間ねむりつづけてきました。さむらいは百姓町人に對しては『斬りすてごめん』で彼等に人権などとゆうことはとんでもないことでありました。一八五三年浦賀に来た黒船の砲声に突然永い眠りをさまされた時日本は諸外国の進歩ぶりにただおどろきの目をみはるばかりでありました。
English Translation: After Shogun Iemitsu Tokugawa proclaimed an official policy of seclusion, Japan remained completely unaware of foreign affairs and maintained a long, 300-year period of slumber. To the samurai class, who had the “right to kill with impunity” anyone in the peasant or merchant classes, such a thing as basic human rights was unthinkable. When Japan suddenly awakened from their long slumber after hearing the cannon blasts from the Black Ships that appeared at Uraga in 1853, they could only wonder in amazement at the progress of the other countries of the world.
Image Descriptive Text: A samurai wearing a silk kimono with two Katana Samurai swords sheathed at his side lays on the ground. One hand holds a white paper fan, and the other is on his face. This man is depicted sleeping; eyes closed and a snot bubble coming out of his nose, and his mouth wide open. The characters on his garment are 封建 (Hōken) meaning "Feudal" or "Feudalistic". This slumbering samurai symbolizes Japan's long seclusion policy, and how they were completely unaware of the events occurring around them, thus essentially 'sleeping' for 200 years.
Main Entry - Personal Name: Kondō, Hidezō, 近藤日出造
Added Entry - Corporate Name: 03 日本幻燈株式会社.; 03 Nihon Gentō Kabushiki Kaisha.
Published: [Japan : s.n., 1947?]
Format: 16 slides : col. ; 4.1 x 5.4 cm. in box 5 x 7 x 6.7 cm.
Note: 01 "制作日本幻燈株式会社"--box.; 01 "seisaku Nihon Gentō Kabushiki Kaisha" -- box
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term: Constitutional law Japan Slides.

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Collection: Alfred Hussey Collection: Japan's Constitution Slides
Image Size: 3889 x 2886
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