Kenseikai party

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The Kenseikai party was a major prewar Japanese liberal political party that advocated parliamentary democracy and social reforms during the Taishō era.

All labels observed (3)

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Chūseikai 1
Kenseikai parliamentary caucus 1
Kenseikai party canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
activity participation in Taishō democracy movement
advocated parliamentary democracy
social reforms
alsoKnownAs Constitutional Association of Political Friendship
chamberRepresentation House of Representatives of Japan
color blue
country Japan
dissolved 1927
focus business and commercial interests
urban middle-class interests
formedGovernment First Wakatsuki Cabinet
Hamaguchi Cabinet (via successor Minseitō)
Katō Takaaki Cabinet
founded 1916
headquartersLocation Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
historicalEra prewar Japan
ideology liberalism
parliamentary democracy
languageOfName Japanese
legislativeBody Imperial Diet
surface form: Imperial Diet of Japan
mergedInto Rikken Minseitō
notableLeader Hamaguchi Osachi
Katō Takaaki
Wakatsuki Reijirō
operatedInGovernmentSystem Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
operatedInPeriod Taisho era
surface form: Taishō era
opponent Rikken Seiyūkai
opposedPolicy militarism
oligarchic rule
parliamentaryGroup Kenseikai party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kenseikai parliamentary caucus
politicalPosition centre-left
predecessor Kenseikai party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chūseikai

Kōyū Club
Rikken Dōshikai
region Tokyo
status historical
successor Rikken Minseitō
supportedPolicy expansion of civil rights
strengthening of parliamentary cabinet system
universal male suffrage
translatedName Constitutional Association
typeOfOrganization mass political party

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General Election Law of 1925 supportedBy Kenseikai party
Kenseikai party predecessor Kenseikai party self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kenseikai
this entity surface form: Chūseikai
Kenseikai party parliamentaryGroup Kenseikai party self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kenseikai
this entity surface form: Kenseikai parliamentary caucus