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The was a political party in Empire of Japan. It was also known as simply the ‘Kaishintō’. The ''Kaishintō'' was founded by Ōkuma Shigenobu on 16 April 1882, with the assistance of Yano Ryūsuke, Inukai Tsuyoshi and Ozaki Yukio. It received financial backing by the Mitsubishi ''zaibatsu,'' and had strong support from the Japanese press,〔Jansen, the Making of Modern Japan, pp. 374〕 and urban intellectuals.〔Sims, ''Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation 1868–2000'', pp.57〕 The ''Kaishintō'' pursued a moderate approach, calling for a British-style constitutional monarchy within the framework of a parliamentary democracy. In a speech Ōkuma gave at the inauguration of the party, he emphasized the symbolic role of the monarch in the type of government he envisioned. He also argued that those extremists who supported having the emperor directly involved political decision making were in fact endangering the very existence of the Imperial institution.〔Keene, ''Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852–1912'', pp 365〕 In the first General Election of 1890, the ''Kaishintō'' won 46 seats to the Lower House of the Diet of Japan thus becoming the second largest party after the Liberal Party (Jiyūtō). Afterwards, the ''Kaishintō'' adopted an increasingly nationalistic foreign policy, and in March 1896 merged with several smaller nationalist parties to form the ''Shimpotō.'' ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rikken Kaishintō」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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