Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Taisho democracy

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Taisho democracy

大正デモクラシー
alternative words: Taisho democracy movement, Democracy of Taisho
keywords: event , law
related topics: Taisho period , Genro
explanation: Popular movement of Taisho period, demanding to suppress the privilege of privy council (sumitsuin), genro, house of peers, army etc and to establish an universal suffrage. The main ideologues were Yoshino Sakuzo and Minobe Tatsukichi. The movement was strongly influenced by European democracy movement of post world war I and shifted gradually to a socialist movement. After the promulgation of universal suffrage and peace preservation law (Chian ijiho) in 1925, it ran out of stream.