The first in a new series of studies in Asian History, this important biography assesses the life and the influence of a political activist who made a distinctive impact on interwar Japan both by his aggressive writing and oratory and by varied political activities. His career begins under the infliuence of the proto-right wing Genoyosha society in his native Fukuoka, then moves to avant garde liberalism from his student days at Waseda, through journalism with the Asahi and to election to the Diet, where he became a leading figure in the Minseito during its period of power around 1930....