Abstract
The Osaka Conference of January 1875 usually receives rather scant attention in political histories of modern Japan. To some extent this is justified, since of the two important results of the Conference, Itagaki's reconciliation with the government proved shortlived, and the establishment of a new legislature, the Genrōin, did not greatly affect either the existing conduct of government business or the future direction of constitutional progress. However, the Osaka Conference was a critical event, despite its seemingly disappointing results.
Notes
The most useful accounts in English are:
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1746–48.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1780–81. As head of the Finance Department and director of the bureau that had planned the expedition, Ōkuma had estimated that it would cost only half a million yen, whereas in fact it cost over seven million yen. Ibid., p. 1700.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1781.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 613–15.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 786. Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1674.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 608.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 266, 535–36.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 537–39.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 81–82.
Tsuda, Meiji Seijō to Shin Takayuki, pp. 90–91.
Saiga, Ōe Tenya Denki, pp. 365–66.
Saiga, Ōe Tenya Denki, p. 359.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1667–68.
Kido Kōin Bunsho, V, 201–2. In contrast, for Ōkubo's contemptuous appraisal of Itagaki's memorial, see
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 528–29.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 616–19.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1791–92.
Inada, MKSS, I, 232.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1796.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1797–98.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 906.
Inada, MKSS, I, 232–33.
Inada, MKSS, I, 234–35.
Inada, MKSS, I, 235–36.
Inada, MKSS, I, 234, 236–37.
Inada, MKSS, I, 237–38.
Itagaki, Jiyūtō Shi, I, 179–81.
Kido Kōin Bansho, VI, 62–64.
Itagaki, Jiyūtō Shi, I, 192.
Itagaki, Jiyūtō Shi, I, 193–96.
Inada, MKSS, I, 241.
Kido Kōin Bunsho, VI, 84–85.
Inada, MKSS, I, 241–42, 247.
Tsuda, Meiji Seijō to Shin Takayuki, pp. 343–46. Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 84–85, 90. Inada. MKSS, I, 248–49.
Inada, MKSS, I, 245–48.
Inada, MKSS, I, 249–50.
Inada, MKSS, I, 249.
Inada, MKSS, I, 251.
Inada, MKSS, I, 251–53.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 935.
Inada, MKSS, I, 253–54.
Inada, MKSS, I, 254–56.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1835–37.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1842–44.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 647–48.
Itagaki, Jiyūtō Shi, I, 199–200.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 949–51.
Itagaki, Jiyūtō Shi, I, 211.
Inada, MKSS, I, 259.
Inada, MKSS, I, 258.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1850–52.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1855–58.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 650–52.
Inada, MKSS, I, 260.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 952–53.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 953.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 954.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 658–59.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 660–61.
Inada, MKSS, I, 261–63.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1862.
Inada, MKSS, I, 263–64, 266–68.
Segai Inoue Kō Den, II, 664–66.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 955–58.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 959. Kido Kōin Nikki, III, 232–33.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1867. Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 959–61.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 961–63.
Ōkubo Toshimichi Bunsho, VI, 423.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 963–68.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 968–69.
Ōtsu, Dai Nihon Kensei Shi, I, 899–901.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1873–75.
Ōtsu, Dai Nihon Kensei Shi, I, 904–05.
Itō Hirobumi Den, I, 970–71.
Inada, MKSS, I, 273–74.
Saiga, Ōe Tenya Denki, pp. 367–74.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1894–96.
Shōgiku Kido Kō Den, II, 1890–98.
Inada, MKSS. I, 274–75.
