The Chūō Club ( ja, 中央倶楽部, 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 The Boshin Club was a political party in Japan. History The party was established in December 1908 during a period in which several anti-Rikken Seiyūkai groups began to coalesce in reaction to Rikken Seiyūkai's victory in the 1908 elections.H ...

and the Daidō Club or who had sat as independents, following negotiations between the Boshin Club's

Hida Kageyuki Hida may refer to: Places * Hida Province, a former province in Japan * Hida, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan * Hida (region), the northern region of Gifu Prefecture, Japan * Hida, Sălaj, a commune in Romania * Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Vil ...

and

Nakamura Yaroku Nakamura may refer to: Places *Nakamura, Kōchi, a former city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan *Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, a ward in Nagoya city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan People *Nakamura (surname), a list of people with the surname Other uses *Nakamura s ...

and the Daidō Club's Adachi Kenzō, together with the intervention of Minister of Agriculture and Commerce

Ōura Kanetake was a politician and bureaucrat in late Meiji and early Taishō period Empire of Japan. In 1907, he was raised to the rank and title of ''danshaku'' (baron) under the ''kazoku'' peerage system. Early life The Ōura family was hereditary ...

.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp457–458 It retained the former parties' association with the faction of the army headed by

Yamagata Aritomo '' Gensui'' Prince , also known as Prince Yamagata Kyōsuke, was a senior-ranking Japanese military commander, twice-elected Prime Minister of Japan, and a leading member of the '' genrō'', an élite group of senior statesmen who dominated J ...

and

Katsura Tarō Prince was a Japanese politician and general of the Imperial Japanese Army who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 1901 to 1906, from 1908 to 1911, and from 1912 to 1913. Katsura was a distinguished general of the First Sino-Japanese ...

. In the

1912 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1912. Asia * 1912 Chinese National Assembly election (first election for the newly founded National Assembly of the Republic of China) * 1912 Philippine Assembly elections Europe * 1912 German federal ...

it was reduced to 31 seats, and ceased to exist in February the following year when it merged with the reformist faction of

Rikken Kokumintō The Rikken Kokumintō ( ja, 立憲国民党, , "Constitutional Nationalist Party") 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 o ...

to form

Rikken Dōshikai The Rikken-Dōshi Kai ( ja, 立憲同志会, , Association of Comrades of the Constitution) was a political party active in the Empire of Japan in the early years of the 20th century. It was also known as simply the Dōshikai. Founded by Prime ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chuo Club Defunct political parties in Japan Political parties established in 1910 1910 establishments in Japan Political parties disestablished in 1913 1913 disestablishments in Japan