Dōshi Seisha Explained

Native Name:同志政社
Foundation:December 1892
Country:Japan
Dissolved:May 1894
Split:Liberal Party
Merged:Rikken Kakushintō

Dōshi Seisha (Japanese: 同志政社||Fellow Thinkers' Association) was a political party in Japan.

History

The party was established in December 1892 by 14 MPs who had left the Liberal Party after its leader, Hoshi Tōru had been impeached for corruption.[1] It was initially named the Dōshi Club (同志倶楽部), but was renamed Dōshi Seisha after becoming a political association.

It won 18 seats in the March 1894 elections. In May that year it merged with Dōmei Seisha to form Rikken Kakushintō.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p493