公議所日誌
Subtitle: Meiji 2-nen kishi 3-gatsu-kishi 6-gatsu
Publisher: Jōshūya Sōshichi
Published: 1869
Place of publication: Tōkyō
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Politics and government; Sources
Other titles: Kōgisho nisshi
Description: The Kogisho, which might be called Japan's first house of representatives, was composed of 227 domain representatives and functioned as a part of the newly established Meiji Government from the seventh day of the third month through the eighth day of the seventh month of 1869. The present set is a complete and official version of the Kogisho minutes including a diagram of the assembly hall with seating arrangement.
Notes: Kanda, J. Japanese archives of the Harvard Law School Library, 176.