The emperor inherited 'prerogative of sovereignty' following Imperial ancestors' will represented by the sentence, 'Promises which lasted forever like heaven and earth' in the Imperial instruction, and he acquired a status of a head of state and became a person who held all rights of sovereignty.
「天壌無窮ノ宏謨（てんじょうむきゅうのこうぼ）」（御告文）という皇祖皇宗の意思を受け、天皇が継承した「国家統治ノ大権」（上諭）に基づき、天皇を国の元首、統治権の総攬者としての地位に置いた。