Abstract
In political science the most popular view holds that a political party emerges as a form of protest against privileges and power. Political parties in Japan, however, have never performed such a function. Since the birth of the modern party system political parties in Japan have been organized inside the existing power system and as an instrument of power against opposition. The main philosophy of Seiyukai (the first large oligarchic party, which formed the first party cabinet in 1900) was to be at the right hand of power.
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