Jiyū Minken Undō
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Jiyū Minken Undō was a late 19th-century Japanese political and social movement that campaigned for popular rights, civil liberties, and the establishment of a national assembly during the Meiji period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 自由民権運動 | 3 |
| Jiyū Minken Undō canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2930478 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jiyū Minken Undō Context triple: [Itagaki Taisuke, movement, Jiyū Minken Undō]
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A.
Nippon Kaigi
Nippon Kaigi is a powerful conservative and nationalist lobby group in Japan known for promoting traditional values, constitutional revision, and a revisionist view of the country’s wartime history.
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B.
Mingei movement
The Mingei movement was a Japanese folk art movement that celebrated the beauty and value of everyday handcrafted objects made by anonymous artisans.
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C.
Japan Socialist Women’s League
The Japan Socialist Women’s League was the women’s wing of the Japan Socialist Party, organizing and mobilizing female members around socialist and feminist causes in postwar Japan.
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D.
Nippon Ishin no Kai
Nippon Ishin no Kai is a Japanese political party known for its reformist, regionalist roots in Osaka and its advocacy of administrative and economic restructuring.
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E.
Japan Socialist Youth League
The Japan Socialist Youth League was the youth organization affiliated with Japan’s main postwar socialist party, engaging young people in left-wing political activism and education.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jiyū Minken Undō Target entity description: Jiyū Minken Undō was a late 19th-century Japanese political and social movement that campaigned for popular rights, civil liberties, and the establishment of a national assembly during the Meiji period.
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A.
Nippon Kaigi
Nippon Kaigi is a powerful conservative and nationalist lobby group in Japan known for promoting traditional values, constitutional revision, and a revisionist view of the country’s wartime history.
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B.
Mingei movement
The Mingei movement was a Japanese folk art movement that celebrated the beauty and value of everyday handcrafted objects made by anonymous artisans.
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C.
Japan Socialist Women’s League
The Japan Socialist Women’s League was the women’s wing of the Japan Socialist Party, organizing and mobilizing female members around socialist and feminist causes in postwar Japan.
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D.
Nippon Ishin no Kai
Nippon Ishin no Kai is a Japanese political party known for its reformist, regionalist roots in Osaka and its advocacy of administrative and economic restructuring.
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E.
Japan Socialist Youth League
The Japan Socialist Youth League was the youth organization affiliated with Japan’s main postwar socialist party, engaging young people in left-wing political activism and education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical movement
ⓘ
political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Meiji period
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linked to:
Meiji era
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| associatedOrganization |
Aikoku Kōtō
ⓘ
Jiyūtō ⓘ Rikken Kaishintō ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gotō Shōjirō
ⓘ
Itagaki Taisuke ⓘ Kōno Hironaka ⓘ Nakae Chōmin ⓘ
linked to:
Nakae Tokusuke
Ueki Emori ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| endTime | 1880s ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
civil liberties
ⓘ
constitutional government ⓘ establishment of a national assembly ⓘ expansion of suffrage ⓘ limitation of oligarchic power ⓘ popular rights ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
centralization of Meiji state
ⓘ
modernization of Japan ⓘ |
| ideology |
constitutionalism
ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ parliamentarism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese democratic thought
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Meiji Constitution debate ⓘ development of Japanese political parties ⓘ later Taishō democracy movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British constitutionalism
ⓘ
French Revolution ideals ⓘ Western liberal thought ⓘ |
| location | Japan ⓘ |
| movementLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName |
自由民権運動
ⓘ
linked to:
Jiyū Minken Undō
|
| opposedBy |
Meiji oligarchy
ⓘ
genrō ⓘ
linked to:
genrō (elder statesman)
|
| partOf | Japanese liberalism ⓘ |
| result |
opening of the Imperial Diet in 1890
ⓘ
promulgation of the Meiji Constitution ⓘ |
| startTime | 1870s ⓘ |
| topic |
civil rights in Japan
ⓘ
creation of a national assembly in Japan ⓘ popular sovereignty in Japan ⓘ |
| translatedName | Freedom and People’s Rights Movement ⓘ |
| usedMeans |
mass meetings
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newspapers and pamphlets ⓘ petition campaigns ⓘ political rallies ⓘ |
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Subject: Jiyū Minken Undō Description of subject: Jiyū Minken Undō was a late 19th-century Japanese political and social movement that campaigned for popular rights, civil liberties, and the establishment of a national assembly during the Meiji period.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jiyū Minken Undō
linked to: Jiyū Minken Undō
linked to: Jiyū Minken Undō