Kokutai
Sign in to savethumb|The nationalistic essence of kokutai is thought of as the uniqueness of the Japanese polity as issuing from a leader of divine origin. is a concept in the Japanese language translatable as "system of government", "sovereignty", "national identity, essence and character", "national polity; body politic; national entity; basis for the Emperor's sovereignty; Japanese constitution" or nation.
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Before 1868
- From 1868 to 1945
- From 1868 to 1890
- Meiji Constitution
- Taishō Democracy
- World War II
- Post-1945
- Notes
- See also
- References
thumb|The nationalistic essence of kokutai is thought of as the uniqueness of the Japanese polity as issuing from a leader of divine origin. is a concept in the Japanese language translatable as "system of government", "sovereignty", "national identity, essence and character", "national polity; body politic; national entity; basis for the Emperor's sovereignty; Japanese constitution" or nation.
==Etymology==