The Rikken Kaishintō (立憲改進党, Constitutional Reform Party) was a political party in Empire of Japan. It was also known as simply the Kaishintō. The Kaishintō...

Rikken may refer to: Rikken Dōshikai, Japanese political party active in the early years of the 20th century Rikken Kaishintō, political party in Meiji...

Shimpotō was founded by Ōkuma Shigenobu in March 1896, as a merger of the Rikken Kaishintō and minor political parties to offset a temporary alliance between...

in 1881 as Japan’s first nationally based party. Ōkuma founded the Rikken Kaishintō in 1882, mainly from the urban elites. In reaction, the oligarchs fought...

Rebellion as a reporter. Ōkuma Shigenobu invited Inukai to help form the Rikken Kaishintō political party in 1882, which supported liberal political causes,...

Liberal Party (Jiyūtō, 1881–1884) Constitutional Progressive Party (Rikken Kaishintō, 1882–1896), merged with other groups to form the Progressive Party...

General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1898. as Rikken Kaishintō Junichiro Wada (2003) The Japanese Election System: Three Analytical Perspectives...

September 1894 elections it won 30 seats. In February 1896 it merged with Rikken Kaishintō, the Chūgoku Progressive Party, Teikoku Zaisei Kakushin-kai and Ōte...

“boss” by his fellow steeplejacks. He also became a member of the Rikken Kaishintō in 1887 and around this time married Ayabe Nao, a 30-year-old geisha...

French political doctrines. In 1882 Ōkuma Shigenobu established the Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Progressive Party), which called for a British-style...