Parliamentary policy faction

…(1) On June 22, 1908, at Kinkikan in Kanda, Tokyo, a clash occurred between socialists and police after a party to welcome Yamaguchi Koken (Gizo) back from prison. At the time, socialist forces were largely divided into two factions: the direct action faction (hard-line faction) led by Osugi Sakae, and the parliamentary policy faction (soft faction) led by Katayama Sen. Since Yamaguchi had been imprisoned for a pen-related scandal and was not directly involved in the factional issue, the two factions came together for the first time in a long time to hold a grand welcome party. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "parliamentary policy faction" is listed below.

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…(1)1908年6月22日東京神田の錦輝館での山口孤剣(義三)出獄歓迎会終了後に起こった社会主義者と警官隊との衝突事件。当時社会主義勢力は，大杉栄らの直接行動派(硬派)と片山潜らの議会政策派(軟派)の二派に大きく分かれていた。筆禍事件で入獄していた山口は直接分派問題に関係がなかったこともあり，久しぶりに両派が一堂に会して盛大な歓迎会を開いた。…

※「議会政策派」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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