Ancestor-worship and Japanese Law

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Z.P. Maruya & Company, Limited, 1901 - 76 psl.
 

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37 psl. - 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 psl. - 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 psl. - The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal.
38 psl. - In consideration of the progressive tendency of the course of human affairs and in parallel with the advance of civilization, We deem it expedient, in order to give clearness and distinctness to the instructions bequeathed by the Imperial Founder of Our House and by Our other Imperial Ancestors, to establish fundamental laws formulated into express provisions of law.
39 psl. - 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 psl. - 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.
37 psl. - 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...
13 psl. - 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 psl. - 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.
13 psl. - On this altar the offering of rice, sake* (liquor brewed from rice), and branches of sakaki-tree (cleyera japonica) are usually placed, and every morning the members of the household make reverential obeisance before it by clapping hands and bowing ; while in the evening, lights are also placed on the shelf.

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