Local association - Chiho Kessha

Japanese: 地方結社 - ちほうけっしゃ

In the early Meiji period, various groups were formed in various regions for various purposes. Local samurai, wealthy farmers, and intellectuals formed voluntary associations that went beyond the traditional territorial and blood-based groups, with various aims, such as the study of new knowledge and new ideas, mutual aid, improvements in life and industry, and political movements, including demands for local autonomy and participation in national politics. These were a proactive response by the people to the period of social change from the mid-1870s to the 1880s, such as reforms, modernization, and the promotion of industry and industry, and provided the organizational foundation for the Freedom and People's Rights Movement in particular.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

明治初期に各地方各地域で多様な目的のもとに結成された諸団体。各地の士族や豪農･知識人らは，新知識･新思想の学習，相互扶助，生活･産業の改良，地方自治や国政参加の要求を含む政治運動などさまざまな目的のもとに，従来の地縁的･血縁的集団をこえた自発的な結社を組織した。これらは，1870年代半ばから80年代にかけての諸改革･文明開化･殖産興業といった社会変動の時期における国民の積極的対応であり，とくに自由民権運動の組織的基盤を提供した。

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