| This Kido gokajo (Five Articles designed by Kido) was approved by the Emperor Meiji as Japanese national policy to be declared to the world and was pledged on March 14, 1868 just as Kido targeted to ensure the large scale of Imperial court to the world. |
この木戸五箇条が天下に布告すべき日本の国是として明治天皇の裁可を受け、1868年（慶応4年）3月14日、朝廷の規模の大きさを天下に確定させんとする木戸の狙い通り、誓約された。 |