Women were explicitly excluded from the imperial succession line in the Meiji Constitution.
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Historical and constitutional records confirm that the imperial succession rules under the Meiji framework explicitly limited the throne to male descendants, excluding women.
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Wikipedia: Meiji Constitution
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Wikipedia: Japanese imperial succession debate
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history.stackexchange.com: Why were women excluded from the succession line in the Meiji constitution?
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Quotes Article 2 specifying that the throne is succeeded by imperial male descendants.