Freedom and People’s Rights Movement

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historical movement political movement social movement

The Freedom and People’s Rights Movement was a late 19th-century Japanese political and social campaign that pushed for constitutional government, civil liberties, and popular representation during the Meiji period.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical movement → political movement → social movement →
aimedFor	civil liberties → constitutional government → national assembly → popular representation →
associatedOrganization	Aikoku Kōtō (Public Party of Patriots) → Liberal Party (Japan) → surface form: "Jiyūtō (Liberal Party)" Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) → local jiyū minken associations →
context	centralization of Meiji state power → modernization of Japan →
country	Japan →
endTime	1890s →
hasPart	draft constitutions → local political societies → mass meetings → petition campaigns → political newspapers → public speeches →
influenced	Japanese civil rights discourse → Japanese parliamentary system → Meiji Constitution → development of political parties in Japan →
influencedBy	American constitutionalism → Enlightenment ideas → French Revolution ideals → Western liberalism →
language	Japanese →
locatedIn	Meiji era → surface form: "Meiji Japan"
mainPeriod	Meiji era → surface form: "Meiji period"
notableFigure	Itagaki Taisuke → Kataoka Kenkichi → Kōno Hironaka → Nakae Chōmin → Ozaki Yukio → Ueki Emori →
opposed	bureaucratic authoritarianism → oligarchic rule →
primaryDemand	establishment of a national assembly → expansion of suffrage → freedom of assembly → freedom of association → freedom of speech → freedom of the press → granting of a constitution → protection of individual rights →
resultedIn	formation of Japan’s first political parties → increased political participation of commoners →
slogan	jiyū minken (freedom and people’s rights) →
startTime	1870s →

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ueki Emori → memberOf → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

this entity surface form: "Freedom and People's Rights Movement"

Aikoku Kōtō (Public Party of Patriots) → movement → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

subject surface form: "Aikoku Kōtō"

Itagaki Taisuke → movement → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

Kataoka Kenkichi → movement → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

Kōno Hironaka → movement → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

Nakae Chōmin → movement → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

Ueki Emori → movement → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

this entity surface form: "Freedom and People's Rights Movement"

Kataoka Kenkichi → participatedIn → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

Meiji era → significantEvent → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

Itagaki Taisuke → slogan → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement →

this entity surface form: "Liberty and People’s Rights"