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2 unusual facts about Freedom and People's Rights Movement


Chichibu District, Saitama

1884: The Chichibu Incident: uprising of impoverished peasants under the influence of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement.

Genrōin

The Freedom and People's Rights Movement and liberals among the Meiji oligarchy had withdrawn from the Meiji government over their efforts to establish a national assembly with increased representative democracy.


Rodney Acraman

Virisila Buadromo of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement also condemned the Commission for accepting Acraman's appointment, saying it was a tacit acceptance of the Military takeover.

Yamaji Motoharu

During the Seikanron debate, he supported his fellow Tosa clansmen Itagaki Taisuke and Goto Shojiro, at one point resigning his commission and returning to Tosa to participate in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, but eventually had a falling out with Itagaki and returned to military service.


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