Social Democratic Party (Japan, 1901)
Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 (しゃかいみんしゅとう, Shakaiminshu-tō)) was the first socialist party in the Empire of Japan. The party was banned by the government of Japan only one day after its foundation.[2][3][4]
Japan Socialist Party 社会民主党 | |
|---|---|
| Japanese name | Shakaiminshu-tō |
| Founded | May 18, 1901 |
| Dissolved | May 20, 1901 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Ideology | Socialism[1] |
| Political position | Left-wing |
The party was founded by Kinoshita Naoe, Kiyoshi Kawakami, Kōnirō Nishikawa, Sen Katayama, Abe Isoo, and Kōtoku Shūsui. Kinoshita and Katayama were nominated as administrative secretaries. All the six founders except Kōtoku Shūsui were christians at the time. When composing the platform, the founders took the platform of Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP) as the reference. The first article of the platform of the social democratic party was "the aim of our party is to achieve socialism (in Japan)".[1][5]
References
- 社会民主党（1901年結成）. 朝日新聞社Kotobank. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- David John Lu (1997). Japan: A Documentary History. M.E. Sharpe. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-7656-0036-3.
- Totten, George O. (1966). "The Social Democratic Movement in Prewar Japan". Studies on Japan's Social Democratic Parties. 1.
- 新聞集成明治編年史編纂会編『新聞集成明治編年史 第11卷』林泉社、1940年、p.253
- Kublin, Hyman (1952). "The Origins of Japanese Socialist Tradition". The Journal of Politics. 14 (2): 257–280. doi:10.2307/2126522. ISSN 0022-3816. JSTOR 2126522. S2CID 154811958.
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