was a

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ary

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active in the

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and one of the founders of the , which was a political party and joined the

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. Ueki was the son of a middle-ranking

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from Tosa. Inspired by

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, he became involved in the Jiyūtō. In 1875, he was thrown in jail under the 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

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in August and September at the invitation of the Fukushima Jiyūtō branch to help set up the local party newspaper ''Fukushima Jiyū Shimbun'', before returning to

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to replace

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on the central party newspaper '.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ueki, Emori 1857 births 1892 deaths Samurai People from Kōchi Prefecture People of Meiji-period Japan Members of the House of Representatives (Empire of Japan) Liberal Party (Japan, 1881) politicians