Academic storytelling session - Gakugeikodankai

On the other hand, the so-called wealthy farmers' associations were formed with the support of local influential people such as wealthy farmers and merchants, and often had a relatively open composition, including the children of wealthy farmers, teachers, journalists, and other intellectuals. Well-known examples include Sekiyosha in Ishikawa, Fukushima Prefecture (founded in 1875, with Kono Hironaka, Yoshida Koichi and others, and about 200 members), Sanshisha in Miharu (founded in 1878, with Kono Hironaka, Tamono Hideaki and others, and about 100 members; along with Sekiyosha, it played a pioneering role in the East Japan Civil Rights Movement), Yukansha in Haramachida, Minamitama County (founded in 1881, with Ishizaka Masatsugu and others, and 150-300 members), Gakugei Kodankai in Itsukaichi, Nishitama County (before 1880, centered around Uchiyama Yasubei and Fukasawa Gonpachi and others, known as the background to the so-called Itsukaichi Constitution Draft), Shokosha in Matsumoto (founded in 1880, with Matsuzawa Kyusaku, Kamijo Keiji, Ichikawa Ryozo and others, and over 1,200 members), and Jigo Gakusha and Jigosha in Sakai County, Fukui Prefecture (founded in 1879, centered around Sugita Sadakazu, and 115 members). These wealthy farmers' associations played a leading role in uniting the local rural civil rights movement against the samurai civil rights movement and in changing the nature of the entire movement.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Gakugei Kodankai" is listed below.

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…　一方，いわゆる豪農結社は，豪農や豪商などの在地の有力者の支持を背景として結成され，富裕な農民の子弟や教員，記者などの知識人を加えた比較的開放的な構成をとることが多い。著名なものに福島県石川の石陽社(1875年創設，河野広中･吉田光一ら，社員約200)，三春の三師社(1878年創設，河野広中･田母野秀顕ら，社員約100，石陽社とともに東日本民権運動に先駆的役割を果たす)，南多摩郡原町田の融貫社(1881年創設，石坂昌孝ら，社員150～300)，西多摩郡五日市の学芸講談会(1880年以前，内山安兵衛･深沢権八らが中心，いわゆる五日市憲法草案の背景として知られる)，松本の奨匡社(1880年創設，松沢求策･上条螘司･市川量造ら，社員1200余)，福井県坂井郡の自郷学舎･自郷社(1879年創設，杉田定一が中心，社員115)などがある。これらの豪農結社は，士族の民権運動に対して，在地的農村的な民権運動を結集し，運動全体の性格を変えていくうえに主導的な役割を果たした。…

※「学芸講談会」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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