The Gaslight Ep.2: Irokawa Daikichi, Culture of the Meiji Period

In part 2 of our lecture series on the "public sphere" in Japan, we look at the Meiji Era Freedom and Popular Rights Movement, the popular embrace of democracy, and the grassroots push for a liberal constitution. Our study is guided by Japanese historian Irokawa Daikichi -- the E.P. Thompson of Japan -- and his pioneering study of popular consciousness in Meiji.