The Boshin Club was a political party in

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History

The party was established in December 1908 during a period in which several anti-

Rikken Seiyūkai The was one of the main political party, political parties in the pre-war Empire of Japan. It was also known simply as the ''Seiyūkai''. Founded on September 15, 1900, by Itō Hirobumi,David S. Spencer, "Some Thoughts on the Political Devel ...

groups began to coalesce in reaction to Rikken Seiyūkai's victory in the

1908 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1908. Africa *1908 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election Australia * 1908 Adelaide by-election * 1908 Queensland state election Europe *1908 Bulgarian parliamentary election *1908 Croatian ...

.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p457 Its 42 MPs were involved in commerce and industry and many had been elected as independents, while some were defectors from other parties: Matsuo Torazō ( Seiyūkai-

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), Īda Seiichi (Seiyūkai-

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), Kaji Suekichi ( Daidō Club-

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) and Ishida Heikichi (

Yūkōkai The Yūkōkai (, lit. ''Re-emergence Society'') was a political party in Japan. It was active from 1906 until 1908. History The party was established on 20 December 1906 by 36 National Diet members of the Seikō Club (1900s), Seikō Club.Haruhi ...

-Moji). In March 1910 the party was dissolved when around half its members joined with several independent MPs and the Daidō Club to form the

Chūō Club The Chūō Club (, lit. ''Central Club'') was a political party in Japan. History The party was established in March 1910 by a group of around 50 MPs who had previously been members of the Boshin Club and the Daidō Club or who had sat as indep ...

, whilst seven of its MPs participated in the formation of

Rikken Kokumintō The Rikken Kokumintō () was a minor political party in the Empire of Japan. It was also known as simply the Kokumintō. History The ''Kokumintō'' was founded in March 1910, by a merger of the ''Kensei Hontō'' with a number of minor political ...

.Fukui, p471

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