noun
private constitutional drafts (pre-Meiji Constitution)
Historical term referring to privately drafted constitutional proposals created before the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution in 1889. Often discussed in the context of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement.
私擬憲法案は、明治初期の自由民権運動の中で数多く作成された。
Many private constitutional drafts were created during the Freedom and People's Rights Movement in the early Meiji period.
The Itsukaichi Constitution Draft is one of the well-known private constitutional drafts.