Rikken Teiseitō

Rikken Teiseitō (Constitutional Imperial Rule Party) (立憲帝政党, Rikken Teiseitō) was a short-lived conservative political party in Meiji period Japan. It was also known as simply the ‘Teiseitō’.

The Teiseitō was founded in March 1882, by Fukuichi Gen'ichirō, and a number of bureaucrats and journalists as a political support group for the conservative Meiji oligarchy. It advocated a constitution, as to be granted by Emperor Meiji, an electoral franchise based on adult male property holders and restrictions on freedom of speed and assembly. It viewed the populist political parties, especially the Rikken Kaishintō and the Jiyūtō as its main rivals. It was disbanded in September 1883.

Reference

• Sims, Richard (2001). Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation 1868-2000. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0312239157.