page_title: Ueki Emori
hierarchical_section_title: Ueki Emori
caption_attribution_description: English: At the convention of the League for Establishing a National Assembly held in November 1880 (Meiji 13), each of the participating organizations was asked to develop a proposal for a constitution. The Risshisha, which had a leading role in the League, also initiated the drafting of a draft constitution. The "Toyo Dai-Nippon National Constitution Proposal" was drawn up by UEKI Emori, a member of Risshisha's constitutional drafting committee. While positioning the Emperor as the head of the military and diplomacy, it also prized regional autonomy, envisioning a nation modeled after a federal system such as that of the United States or Switzerland. It also envisioned the development of a governing system centered on a national assembly, ascribing the power of legislation to the entire populace. It also went into painstaking detail about people's right to freedom, recognizing their right to protest and revolt as a means to guarantee that freedom. Given those characteristics, UEKI's proposed constitution demonstrates a liberal and democratic nature.
context_page_description: Ueki Emori was a Japanese revolutionary democrat active in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement.
  Ueki was the son of a middle-ranking samurai from Tosa. Inspired by Itagaki Taisuke, he became involved in the Jiyūtō. In 1875, he was thrown in jail under the Newspaper Act for writing an article critical of the government. Upon release he wrote an article "Freedom is worth purchasing with one's own blood". In 1881 he wrote A Private Draft of the Japanese Constitution, which gave provision for the overthrow of oppressive government.
  In 1882 Ueki visited Fukushima in August and September at the invitation of the Fukushima Jiyūtō branch to help set up the Fukushima Jiyū Shimbun the local party newspaper, before returning to Tokyo to replace Baba Tatsui on the central party newspaper Jiyū Shimbun.
context_section_description: Ueki Emori (植木 枝盛, February 14, 1857 – January 23, 1892) was a Japanese revolutionary democrat active in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement.
  Ueki was the son of a middle-ranking samurai from Tosa. Inspired by Itagaki Taisuke, he became involved in the Jiyūtō. In 1875, he was thrown in jail under the Newspaper Act for writing an article critical of the government. Upon release he wrote an article "Freedom is worth purchasing with one's own blood". In 1881 he wrote A Private Draft of the Japanese Constitution, which gave provision for the overthrow of oppressive government.
  In 1882 Ueki visited Fukushima in August and September at the invitation of the Fukushima Jiyūtō branch to help set up the Fukushima Jiyū Shimbun the local party newspaper, before returning to Tokyo to replace Baba Tatsui on the central party newspaper Jiyū Shimbun.
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