Rikken Kakushintō Explained

Rikken Kakushintō should not be confused with Kakushintō.

Native Name:立憲革新党
Foundation:May 1894
Country:Japan
Dissolved:February 1896
Merger:Dōmei Seisha
Dōshi Seisha
Merged:Shimpotō

Rikken Kakushintō (Japanese: 立憲革新党||Constitutional Reformist Party) was a political party in Japan.

History

The party was established in May 1894 as a merger of the Dōmei Seisha and Dōshi Seisha,[1] which together had won 42 seats in the March 1894 elections, although only 40 National Diet members remained by the time of the merger.[1] Five members later broke away to establish the Chūgoku Progressive Party.[2]

In the 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 Club to form Shimpotō.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p475
  2. Fukui, p458