Rikken Teiseitō
{{Infobox political party
| name = Rikken Teiseitō
| native_name = 立憲帝政党
| logo =
| colorcode = #FF0000
| leader = Fukuchi Gen'ichirō
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| president =
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| foundation = {{Start date|1882|03|16}}
| dissolved = {{End date|1883|09|01}}
| successor = Shimpotō
| ideology = Conservatism
| headquarters = Tokyo
| country = Japan
}}
The {{nihongo|Rikken Teiseitō |立憲帝政党||"Constitutional Imperial Rule Party"}} was a short-lived conservative political party in the Meiji period Empire of Japan. It was also known as simply the Teiseitō.
History
The Teiseitō was founded in March 1882 by the editor of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun, Fukuchi Gen'ichirō, and a number of bureaucrats and conservative journalists as a political support group for the conservative Meiji oligarchy. The new party was supported by Itō Hirobumi and Inoue Kaoru.{{cite book | last = Sims | first = Richard | year = 2001 | title = Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation 1868–2000 | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | page = 63 | isbn = 0-312-23915-7}} It advocated a constitutional monarchy with a constitution, to be eventually granted by Emperor Meiji, an electoral franchise based on adult male property holders, and restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly. It viewed the populist political parties, especially the Rikken Kaishintō and the Jiyūtō, as its main rivals. It was disbanded in September 1883.
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Category:Defunct political parties in Japan
Category:Political parties established in 1882
Category:Political parties disestablished in 1883
Category:1882 establishments in Japan
Category:Political parties in the Empire of Japan
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