Aikoku Kōtō

Aikoku Kōtō

The nihongo|Aikoku Kōtō|愛国公党|Public Party of Patriots was a political party in Meiji period Japan.

The Aikoku Kōtō was formed in January 1874 by Itagaki Taisuke, Etō Shimpei, Gotō Shōjirō and others as part of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement. Its purpose was to petition the Meiji government to establish a national assembly. Fearing arrest after the Saga Rebellion, Itagaki disbanded it soon after its foundation.

However, Itagaki revived the party in the 1890s, and it later merged with into the Jiyutō.

The Aikoku Kōtō can be regarded as the first political party in Japan. It should not be confused with the Aikokusha movement, or with various later ultranationalist movements with similar names.

ee also

*Liberalism
*Liberalism worldwide
*List of liberal parties
*Liberal democracy
*Liberalism in Japan


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