1. What specifically Confucian influences can you identify in the Constitution? 2. What Buddhist influences can you identify? 3. What does this Constitution establish as the most important values in government? 4. What are the position and the role of the ruler in this system? Do you think that the Constitution was intended to make the sovereign more powerful or less powerful than in the existing government system in Japan? 5. Why do you think Prince Shōtoku looked to Chinese models for this Constitution? 6. An image of Prince Shōtoku appeared on the Japanese 10,000 yen note from the 1950s–80s. Why do you think he was honoured in this way?

1. What specifically Confucian influences can you identify in the Constitution? 2. What Buddhist influences can you identify? 3. What does this Constitution establish as the most important values in government? 4. What are the position and the role of the ruler in this system? Do you think that the Constitution was intended to make the sovereign more powerful or less powerful than in the existing government system in Japan? 5. Why do you think Prince Shōtoku looked to Chinese models for this Constitution? 6. An image of Prince Shōtoku appeared on the Japanese 10,000 yen note from the 1950s–80s. Why do you think he was honoured in this way?