page_title: Ōura Kanetake
section_title: Ōura scandal
hierarchical_section_title: Ōura Kanetake / Ōura scandal
caption_attribution_description: Japanese calligraphy, the word "peace" and the signature of the calligrapher, Baron Ōura Kanetake, 1910
context_page_description: Ōura Kanetake was a politician and bureaucrat in late Meiji and early Taishō period Empire of Japan. In 1907, he was raised to the rank and title of danshaku under the kazoku peerage system.
context_section_description: In December 1914, while in the Ōkuma administration, Ōura was accused of perpetrating voting fraud in the Diet by bribing minor political party and undecided members to influence passage of a military spending bill introduced by Ōkuma to fund two new infantry divisions for the Imperial Japanese Army. A long-time associate of Katsura, Ōura was one of the founding members and leaders of the Rikken Dōshikai political party, and used his position as Home Minister to influence the 1915 General Election in favor the party. Both issues resulted in an upsurge in public criticism from the press and opposition parties, leading to his resignation from the Cabinet in 1915.  This incident came to be known as the Ōura scandal.
caption: The word "peace" and the signature of the calligrapher, Ōura Kanetake, 1910
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