Liberal Party (Japan, 1890–1898)


Liberal Party
Jiyūtō
Liberal party
Party presidency ( sōsai)	Itagaki Taisuke


founding	August 25, 1890
resolution	June 20, 1898
Headquarters	Tokyo

The Liberal Party ( 自由党 , Jiyūtō , English Liberal Party ) was a liberal political party in the Japanese Empire .

history

The party was founded in August 1890 by 130 Members of the House of Representatives established, which had been elected in July . It was originally founded as the Constitutional Liberal Party ( 立憲自由党 , Rikken Jiyūtō ). It was a merger of the Aikoku Kōtō, Daidō Club and Daidō Kyōwakai, which had merged with several local parties. Itagaki Taisuke initially took over the leadership of the party . He had founded the original Liberal Party in 1881. In March 1891 the Constitutional Liberal Party was renamed the "Liberal Party". After there were disputes between Hoshi Tōru and Ōi Kentarō, the party lost several MPs in May 1891. Since the Kantō faction split off from Ōi Kentarō Kantō to found the Eastern Liberal Party ( 東洋自由党 , Tōyō Jiyūtō , English Eastern Liberal Party ). Although it was the largest party, it was not involved in government. In 1891 she joined forces with the Constitutional Reformer Party ( 立憲改進党 , Rikken Kaishintō , English Constitutional Reform Party ) to prevent attempts to increase property tax.

In the elections of 1892, they gained 94 seats in parliament. In December 1893, they lost more seats through a split of 14 MPs who founded the Mitdenker Association ( 同志政社 , Dōshi Seisha ). This came in response to the impeachment of party leader Hoshi Tōru for corruption . In the elections in March 1894, the party again won 26 seats and got 120 seats. Despite this, early elections took place in September this year, in which the party was reduced to 107 seats. In April 1896, the Liberal Party joined Ito Hirobumi's government, and party leader Itagaki Taisuke was appointed Minister of the Interior .

After the party had lost two more seats in the elections in March 1898, it merged with Shimpotō to Kenseitō in June 1898 .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e Haruhiro Fukui: Political parties of Asia and the Pacific . Greenwood Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-313-21350-2 , pp. 469-471 .
^ Haruhiro Fukui: Political parties of Asia and the Pacific . Greenwood Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-313-21350-2 , pp. 476 .
^ Haruhiro Fukui: Political parties of Asia and the Pacific . Greenwood Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-313-21350-2 , pp. 493 .

[Haruhiro-1] A ^b ^c ^d ^e Haruhiro Fukui: Political parties of Asia and the Pacific . Greenwood Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-313-21350-2 , pp. 469-471 .

[2] Haruhiro Fukui: Political parties of Asia and the Pacific . Greenwood Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-313-21350-2 , pp. 476 .

[3] Haruhiro Fukui: Political parties of Asia and the Pacific . Greenwood Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-313-21350-2 , pp. 493 .