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 b ...
(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
20th-century Japanese photographers
Place of birth missing
Date of birth missing
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(born 1922), Japanese photographer
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Rinky Hijikata
is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 23 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and No. 62 in men's singles. Hijikata is a major champion, claiming the 2023 Australian Open in men ...
(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
Marquess 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 D ...
(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 swordsman of the ''Bakumatsu'' period and of the ''Shinsengumi''. As Vice-Commander, he served the Tokugawa Shogunate and co-led his group in its resistance against the imperial rule brought about by the Meiji Restoration. He ...
(1835–1869), deputy leader of the
Shinsengumi
The was a small secret police organization, elite group of swordsmen that was organized by commoners and low rank samurai, commissioned by the (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863. It was ac ...
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Japanese-language surnames