Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party)

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Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) was a Meiji-era Japanese political party that championed liberal constitutionalism and expanded civil rights as part of Japan’s early parliamentary politics.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rikken Kaishintō 3
Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) canonical 1
Seiyūkai party 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Meiji-era political party ⓘ
defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
advocated expanded civil rights ⓘ
liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
parliamentary government ⓘ
aimedTo reform the Meiji Constitution in a liberal direction ⓘ
strengthen representative institutions in Japan ⓘ
color blue ⓘ
context development of party politics in Meiji Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
dissolved 1896 ⓘ
EnglishName Constitutional Reform Party ⓘ
era Meiji era ⓘ
surface form: Meiji period
founded 1882 ⓘ
foundedBy Ōkuma Shigenobu ⓘ
hadLegislativeRepresentationIn House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
Imperial Diet ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet of Japan
hadMembershipBase bureaucratic elites critical of oligarchy ⓘ
intellectuals ⓘ
urban middle classes ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Kaishintō ⓘ
historicalRegion Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
ideology constitutionalism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
influencedBy British Whig political thought ⓘ
surface form: British constitutionalism

Western liberal thought ⓘ
leader Ōkuma Shigenobu ⓘ
locatedIn Tokyo ⓘ
mergedInto Shimpotō ⓘ
nativeName Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan ⓘ
surface form: 立憲改進党
notableMember Hoshi Tōru ⓘ
Inukai Tsuyoshi ⓘ
Ozaki Yukio ⓘ
opposed Rikken Seiyūkai ⓘ
authoritarian tendencies in Meiji government ⓘ
oligarchic rule of the Meiji genrō ⓘ
partOf early parliamentary politics of Japan ⓘ
politicalPosition liberal ⓘ
status dissolved ⓘ
supported budgetary authority of the elected lower house ⓘ
establishment of a constitutional government ⓘ
expansion of the powers of the Imperial Diet ⓘ
typeOfOrganization political party ⓘ
usedLanguage Japanese ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Freedom and People’s Rights Movement → associatedOrganization → Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) ⓘ
General Election Law of 1925 → supportedBy → Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seiyūkai party
Ōkuma Shigenobu → politicalParty → Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rikken Kaishintō
岸 信介 → 政党 → Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) ⓘ
subject surface form: 岸信介
this entity surface form: 立憲政友会
Jiyū Minken Undō → associatedOrganization → Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rikken Kaishintō
Hoshi Tōru → memberOf → Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rikken Kaishintō