<Articles>A History of Campaigns in Kyoto for Establishing a National Assembly : Formation of the Draft Constitution of the Empire of Japan [Dainipponkoku Kenpo] and Seishu Sawabe

• IIZUKA Kazuyuki

  大阪大学大学院文学研究科

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• <論説>京都府における国会開設運動の展開 : 私擬憲法案「大日本国憲法」の成立と沢辺正修
• 京都府における国会開設運動の展開--私擬憲法案「大日本国憲法」の成立と沢辺正修
• キョウトフ ニ オケル コッカイ カイセツ ウンドウ ノ テンカイ シギケンポウアン ダイニッポンコク ケンポウ ノ セイリツ ト サワベ セイシュウ

Abstract

The Draft Constitution of the Empire of Japan [Dainipponkoku Kenpo] was one of the few civic constitutional drafts drawn up before the second meeting of the League for Establishing a National Assembly [Kokkai Kisei Domei]. However, due to limitation of historical materials, basic points had been unclear, for example, who wrote it and why it was written, until a new historical source document from the Inaba Family Archive revealed that the draft was made in quite a short period of time by Seishu Sawabe, the president of Tenkyogijuku School. Sawabe attended a speech by Misao Wada, the head of the Chikuzen Kyoaikai group, in Miyazu in September 1880 and was inspired by the group's draft constitution. The Dainipponkoku Kenpo was slightly amended by prefectural lawmakers elected from the Tango region before it was printed and published. From the standpoint of the Chikuzen Kyoaikai group, the formulation of the Dainipponkoku Kenpo and Sawabe's participation in the second meeting of the Kokkai Kisei Domei were typical examples of the success of its speech tour. The Chikuzen Kyoaikai group, in an effort to take the initiative in the second assembly of the Kokkai Kisei Domei by developing its own draft constitution earlier than its rivals, thus succeeded in gaining sympathizers outside of Kyushu. In this way, the pro-democracy faction in Kyoto led by Seishu Sawabe and the Chikuzen Kyoaikai group formed the core of what Junji Banno called the "zaichi-minken-uha" (local right-wing alliance for democracy).

Journal

• 史林

  史林 92 (2), 359-387, 2009-03-31

  THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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• 200

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• CRID: 1390853649776698496
• NII Article ID: 120006598491
• NII Book ID: AN00119179
• DOI: 10.14989/shirin_92_359
• HANDLE: 2433/240064
• NDL BIB ID: 10237945
• ISSN: 03869369
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10237945
• Text Lang: ja
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