Kojunsha - Kojunsha

Japanese: 交詢社 - こうじゅんしゃ
Kojunsha - Kojunsha

A social club established in 1880 (Meiji 13) by people connected with Keio University, including Fukuzawa Yukichi, Obata Tokujiro, Baba Tatsui, and Yano Fumio. The club published the Koson Magazine, with the goal of sharing knowledge and consulting on world affairs. Politically, the club was in conflict with the Liberal Party, and in 1881 it published the Kosonsha Constitution Draft, a privately drafted constitution, which became a major support base for the Constitutional Reform Party, which was formed the following year. Later, Kadono Ikunoshin, Asabuki Eiji, Kamata Eikichi and others became central figures, and notable members included businessmen from the Mitsui zaibatsu such as Nakamigawa Hikojiro, Muto Sanji, and Ikeda Nariaki, politicians such as Ozaki Yukio, Takekoshi Yosaburo, Inukai Tsuyoshi, and Minoura Katsundo, and journalists such as Honda Seiichi and Koyama Kango. During the Taisho Political Crisis (1913), they formed the Constitutional Protection Association and played a leading role in the first constitutional protection movement. It continues to function as a social club to this day.

[Koji Sakaezawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

1880年(明治13)に福沢諭吉をはじめ、小幡篤次郎(おばたとくじろう)、馬場辰猪(たつい)、矢野文雄(ふみお)らの慶応義塾関係者によって設立された社交クラブ。知識の交換と世務の諮詢(しじゅん)とを会の目的として、『交詢雑誌』を発刊。政治的には自由党と対立、81年私擬憲法として交詢社憲法案を発表、翌年結成された立憲改進党の有力な支持基盤となる。その後、門野幾之進(かどのいくのしん)、朝吹英二(あさぶきえいじ)、鎌田栄吉(かまたえいきち)らが中心となり、著名な社員には、三井財閥系の中上川(なかみがわ)彦次郎、武藤山治(むとうさんじ)、池田成彬(なりあき)らの実業家、尾崎行雄(ゆきお)、竹越与三郎(よさぶろう)、犬養毅(いぬかいつよし)、箕浦勝人(みのうらかつんど)などの政治家、本多精一(せいいち)、小山完吾(こやまかんご)らのジャーナリストがいた。大正政変(1913)の際に憲政擁護会を結成して、第一次護憲運動の指導的役割を果たした。社交クラブとして現在に至っている。

[栄沢幸二]

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