The Tokugawa background -- Party emergence and the philosophic struggle with the government -- The popular basis of early Japanese parties -- The nature of early party organization and tactics -- The evolution of political parties in Japanese institutional structure and theory, 1890-1913 -- The evolution of political parties in Japanese institutional structure and theory, 1913-1932 -- The development of Japanese capitalism and its impact on the party movement -- The rise and decline of the left -- The militarist era and party coliapse -- The problem of Japanese democracy

1. Japan -- Government and administrations
2. Japan -- Politics and government
3. Japan -- Political parties