The Hotobun Incident was an incident which occurred in 1903, as a chairman of the House of Representatives, Hironaka KONO read impeachment of the First Taro KATSURA Cabinet in Hotobun (formal response speech) to the imperial rescript at the opening of the Diet, and this led to the dissolution of the House of Representatives in the end.
奉答文事件（ほうとうぶんじけん）は、明治36年（1903年）、衆議院議長河野広中が、開院勅語にたいする奉答文において、第1次桂内閣弾劾の文を朗読し、けっきょく衆議院解散に至った事件である。