Ueki Emori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ueki Emori

Japanese politician

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1857

Place of Birth: Tosa Province, Japan

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1892

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ueki Emori (?? ??, February 14, 1857 – January 23, 1892) was a Japanese revolutionary democrat active in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement. Ueki was the son of a middle-ranking samurai from Tosa.
Inspired by Itagaki Taisuke, he became involved in the Jiyuto.
In 1875, he was thrown in jail under the Newspaper Act 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 Fukushima in August and September at the invitation of the Fukushima Jiyuto branch to help set up the Fukushima Jiyu Shimbun the local party newspaper, before returning to Tokyo to replace Baba Tatsui on the central party newspaper Jiyu Shimbun.