Japanese Constitution
Japanese Constitution (1947) A constitution introduced during the Allied occupation after World War II, with the emphasis placed on the dismantling of militarism and the extension of individual liberties. Drafted under US influence, it was finally adopted on 3 May 1947. The constitution left the emperor as head of state but stripped him of governing power, vesting legislative authority in a bicameral Diet, the lower House of Representatives (originally 466, now 500 seats) being elected for four years and the upper House of Councillors (252 seats) for six (half at a time at three-year intervals). Executive power is vested in the cabinet, which is headed by a Prime Minister and is responsible to the Diet. The constitution specifically renounces war but has been interpreted as allowing self-defence: accordingly, Self Defence Forces have been created, although defence expenditure remains low by Western standards. In 1992 legislation was finally passed allowing Japan's Self Defence Forces to serve overseas in UN peacekeeping operations.
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IMAGES OF THE OLD DAYS . . .WHEN A ROYAL WAS A ROYAL
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/23/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...Albert Museum, London, through February 1. FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER AND THE COURTS OF EUROPE 1830-70 -- at the...photos of the current royal family, the other to Franz Xaver Winterhalter's 19th century paintings of Queen Victoria...
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Famed Holbein masterpiece is star of a rare look at a princely German art collection
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/2/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...at a group of portraits by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, a German portraitist of the...across Europe. "These are my Winterhalter beauties," says Buchanan, his face beaming. One of Winterhalter's masterpieces is here...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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WHAT MONEY CAN BUY.(Arts & Literature)(German royal family's lavish art and crafts collection comes to Portland)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 11/27/2005; 700+ words
; ...of Hesse, done in 1858 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, a portraitist to the European...said to be the best work of Winterhalter's career, and it dominates...show off his virtuosity. But Winterhalter captured the woman, as well...
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Remembering Things Past, London Style
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/14/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...exhibition of paintings by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, whose main patron was the queen. The women Winterhalter painted wore mainly gowns by...season with Cinderella-cum-Winterhalter numbers. There are hints of...
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Victoria ...as a beauty Queen.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/16/2009; 700+ words
; ...was painted by the respected artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter. By all accounts it was well received...years including a picture, also by Winterhalter, showing a group of women preparing...The 1843 portrait of Victoria by Winterhalter
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Max Stern's estate shows 2 restituted paintings
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...de Cock, and Girl from the Sabine Mountains, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The latter was a copy. Both paintings will loaned...with the de Cock painting. But the request for the Winterhalter work wound its way through U.S. courts for more...
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Jewish estate shows 2 Nazi forced-sale paintings
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Wellens de Cock and Girl from the Sabine Mountains by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The latter was a copy. Both paintings will be...with the de Cock painting. But the request for the Winterhalter work wound its way through U.S. courts for more...
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RI woman seeks return of portrait in Nazi-era case
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/8/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...stepfather bought the painting, by 19th-century artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter, at auction. Wednesday's discussion before the...authenticated the painting, both sides claim it is by Winterhalter, who was famous for his portraits of European nobility...
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US court rules that painting auctioned by Nazis before WWII belongs to Jewish man's estate
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the painting, both sides claim it is a work of Franz Xaver Winterhalter, a 19th-century artist who was famous for his...which remain missing. Stern's estate found the Winterhalter painting after Bissonnette attempted to auction...
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PAINTER MELISSA WEINMAN'S STYLE EARNS NO HALO IN `SAINTS' STORIES'.(What's Happening)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 4/11/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...steps to compare Weinman's fabric treatment with Franz Xaver Winterhalter's in 1866. His billowing draperies rise and fall...luscious female in ``Susanna and the Elders.'' Winterhalter wasn't a seminal figure. He never painted anything...
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Franz Xaver Winterhalter , 1806-73, German portrait painter. Most of European royalty sat for him, and his decorative pictures of court figures are...
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Winterhalter, Franz Xaver
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Winterhalter, Franz Xaver (1805–73). German painter. Early in his career he...Queen Victoria, who called him ‘excellent, delightful Winterhalter’ (the Royal Collection has more than a hundred of his...
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