Social Democratic Party (Japan, 1926)

Social Democratic Party
社会民衆党
Shakai Minshū-tō
ChairpersonAbe Isoo[1]
Secretary-GeneralTetsu Katayama[1]
FoundedDecember 5, 1926 (1926-12-05)
DissolvedJuly 1, 1932 (1932-07-01)
Split fromRight-wing faction of Labour-Farmer Party[2]
Succeeded bySocial Masses Party
HeadquartersTokyo
Membership (1929)48,952[3]
IdeologySocial democracy[4]
Anti-capitalism[4]
Anti-communism[4]
Anti-fascism[4]
Political positionCentre-left[5] to left-wing

The Social Democratic Party (社会民衆党, Shakai Minshū-tō) (a more accurate translation of the Japanese name would be "Social People's Party", but this naming is common in English texts[6]) was a political party in Japan between 1926 and 1932. Amongst the three main proletarian parties in Japan at the time, the Social Democratic Party occupied a rightist position.[7]

  1. ^ a b Awaya 1983, pp. 37, 346.
  2. ^ Awaya 1983, p. 37.
  3. ^ Awaya 1983, p. 146.
  4. ^ a b c d Shiota, Sakiko. 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)の解説 [The Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. ^ The Buraku Issue and Modern Japan: The Career of Matsumoto Jiichiro. Author - Ian Neary. P.67. Published by Routledge in London and New York in 2010.
  6. ^ Mackie, Vera C. Creating Socialist Women in Japan: Gender, Labour and Activism, 1900–1937. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. p. 230
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference beck was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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