Global InformationAikokusha information
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Society of Patriots | |
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| Leader | Itagaki Taisuke |
| Founded | February 1875 |
| Dissolved | 1880 |
| Ideology | Liberalism Constitutionalism |
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The Aikokusha (愛国社, "Society of Patriots") was a political party in the early Meiji-period Japan from 1875 to 1880.
The Aikokusha was formed in February 1875 by Itagaki Taisuke, as part a liberal political federation to associate his Risshisha with the Freedom and People's Rights Movement. It was disbanded the same year, when Ōkubo Toshimichi promised Itagaki that the government would draft a constitution.
When no constitution had appeared by September 1878, Itagaki revived the Aikokusha and renamed it the League for the Establishment of a National Assembly. Its primary purpose was to petition the government to establish a national assembly. It was renamed Liberal Party, which Itagaki founded in October 1881.[1]
The Aikokusha should not be confused with the Aikoku Kōtō, or with various later ultranationalist movements with similar names.
- ^ Introduction to Japanese Politics. M.E. Sharpe. 15 May 2009. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7656-2742-1. Retrieved 8 May 2016.