precursor han. In June 1868, an interim constitution called the Seitaisho (政体書) was proclaimed, drafted by Fukuoka Takachika and Soejima Taneomi, which...

kanji is not unique; e.g. In modern Japanese, 体 (からだ, "physical body") and 政体 (せい‐たい, "forms of government") . Additionally in classical Japanese, 變易 (へん－やく...