自じ由ゆう民みん権けん論ろん

noun

democratic rights ideology (early Meiji era)

Refers to the political thought advocating for popular rights and constitutional government during the early Meiji period (1870s–1880s). A historical term.

• 自じ由ゆう民みん権けん論ろんは、明めい治じ初しょ期きの政せい治じ運うん動どうの理り論ろん的てき支し柱ちゅうだった。

  The democratic rights ideology was the theoretical backbone of the political movement in the early Meiji era.

• 板いた垣がき退たい助すけは自じ由ゆう民みん権けん論ろんを唱となえた代だい表ひょう的てきな人じん物ぶつだ。

  Itagaki Taisuke was a leading figure who advocated the democratic rights ideology.