Rain Voice Society - Useikai

…In 1996, he founded a magazine with Mutsu Munemitsu, Takekoshi Yosaburo, and others, and named it Sekai no Nippon (Japan of the World). Taking the name Toan, after becoming prime minister, in June 1907 he invited writers Mori Ogai, Tayama Katai, Koda Rohan, and others to his main residence in Surugadai, Tokyo, and held an elegant gathering called Usei-kai, which continued for several years. Saionji participated in the founding of Ito's Rikken Seiyukai party in 1900, and shortly thereafter became president of the Privy Council, and also served as provisional prime minister for a time. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Useikai" is listed below.

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…96年には陸奥宗光，竹越与三郎らと雑誌を創刊し，《世界之日本》と名づけた。陶庵と号し，首相となってからの1907年6月には森鷗外，田山花袋，幸田露伴らの文士を東京駿河台の本邸に招いて雨声会と名づけた雅会を開き，これは数年間続いた。　西園寺は1900年の伊藤の立憲政友会創立に参画したが，その直後に枢密院議長となり，一時は臨時首相も務めた。…

※「雨声会」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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