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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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 period
linked to: Meiji era
founded 1882
foundedBy Ōkuma Shigenobu
hadLegislativeRepresentationIn House of Representatives of Japan
Imperial Diet of Japan
linked to: Imperial Diet
hadMembershipBase bureaucratic elites critical of oligarchy
intellectuals
urban middle classes
hasAbbreviation Kaishintō
historicalRegion Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
ideology constitutionalism
liberalism
parliamentary democracy
influencedBy British constitutionalism
Western liberal thought
leader Ōkuma Shigenobu
locatedIn Tokyo
mergedInto Shimpotō
nativeName 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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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 Seiyūkai party
linked to: Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party)
Ōkuma Shigenobu politicalParty Rikken Kaishintō
linked to: Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party)
岸信介 政党 立憲政友会
subject linked to: 岸 信介
linked to: Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party)
Jiyū Minken Undō associatedOrganization Rikken Kaishintō
linked to: Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party)
Hoshi Tōru memberOf Rikken Kaishintō
linked to: Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party)