Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party)

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Meiji-era political party defunct political party political party

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rikken Kaishintō	0
Seiyūkai party	1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName	Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan ⓘ surface form: 立憲改進党
notableMember	Hoshi Tōru ⓘ Inukai Tsuyoshi ⓘ Ozaki Yukio NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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