| During times of the cabinet of Kiyotaka KURODA, the Constitution of the Empire of Japan modeling after the Prussian constitution which stresses royal prerogative was established in a manner that Emperor Meiji bestowed it on his subjects (a constitution enacted by the emperor). |
そして、、黒田清隆内閣の時、君主権が強いプロイセン憲法を模倣した大日本帝国憲法が明治天皇から臣下に授ける形で制定された（欽定憲法）。 |