The Second Itō Ministry: Itō as a Constitutional Statesman

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Assemblies and Constitutions 6
6. Itagaki and the Movement for Parliamentary Government 15
7. Itō and Ōkuma: The Crisis of 1881 31
8. Itō and the Drafting of the Meiji Constitution 58
9. Preparing for "Parhamentary" Government 67
10. The Constitution in Practice: The First Diet 76
11. Itō and Yamagata: The Nature and Role of Parties 90
12. The Second Itō Ministry: Itō as a Constitutional Statesman 106
13. Itō and His "National Party" 124
14. Itō, Yamagata, and the Kenseitō: Formation of the Seiyūkai 137
15. Epilogue 155
16. Conclusions 159
17. Bibhography 181
18. Notes 201
19. Glossary 281
20. Index 285