Hijikata (written: 土方) is a Japanese
surname
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Hisaakira Hijikata
was a Japanese businessman, central banker and the 12th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).
Early life
Hijikata was born in Mie Prefecture.
Career
In 1897, Hijikata was a BOJ trainee along with Junnosuke Inoue. Both young men were sent by ...
(1870–1942), Japanese businessman
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Kensuke Hijikata
is a Japanese photographer. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000.
References
1922 births
Possibly living people
Japanese photographers
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(born 1922), Japanese photographer
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Rinky Hijikata
is an Australian professional tennis player. Following a successful career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hijikata went professional and has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 70 achieved on 16 October 2023 and ...
(born 2001), Australian tennis player
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Ryuji Hijikata
(born May 17, 1978) is a Japanese professional wrestler also known under the ring name . Hijikata is best known for his tenure in Battlarts and All Japan Pro Wrestling since 2002 where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
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(born 1978), Japanese professional wrestler
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Tatsumi Hijikata
was a Japanese choreographer, and the founder of a genre of dance performance art called Butoh. By the late 1960s, he had begun to develop this dance form, which is highly choreographed with stylized gestures drawn from his childhood memories of ...
(1928–1986), Japanese choreographer
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Yoshi Hijikata
was a prominent Japanese theatre director. His real name was .''Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten'' article "Hijikata Yoshi". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.'' MyPedia'' article "Hijikata Yoshi". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services.''Digital Daijisen'' ...
(1898–1959), Japanese theatre director
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Hijikata Hisamoto
Count was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister of the Meiji period.
Biography
Hijikata was a samurai in Tosa Domain (modern-day Kōchi Prefecture). He was sent by the domain to Edo for studies, where he became involved in the ''sonn ...
(1833–1918), Japanese politician
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Hijikata Katsunaga
was the 12th (and next-to-last) ''daimyō'' of Komono Domain in Ise Province (modern-day Mie Prefecture) under the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. His courtesy title was ''Yamato-no-kami'', and his court rank was Junior 5th Rank, L ...
(1851–1884), Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period
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Hijikata Toshizō
was a Japanese warrior. As of the ''Shinsengumi'', he resisted the Meiji Restoration and fought to his end.
Background
was born on May 31, 1835, in the Ishida village, Tama region of Musashi Province (present day Ishida, Hino, Tokyo), Jap ...
(1835–1869), deputy leader of the
Shinsengumi
The was a special police force organized by the (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863. It was active until 1869. It was founded to protect the shogunate representatives in Kyoto at a time when ...
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Japanese-language surnames