Interpreting these issues are difficult, however, since the Constitution of the Empire of Japan clearly describes as 'combining in Himself the rights of sovereignty, and exercises them (Article 4),' sovereign power resides with monarch (in Article 4, sovereignty means the highest right to decide in the nation since "combining" means seizure of politics).
これらは解釈が難しい所であるが、大日本帝國憲法においては明確に「統治權ヲ總攬（第4条）」とあるので主権は君主が有する（第4条での統治権は「總攬」が政治の掌握の意であり、すなはち国家の最高決定権を指す）。