MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hijikata Toshizō

1835 - 1869

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Hijikata Toshizō (土方 歳三, May 31, 1835 – June 20, 1869) was a Japanese swordsman of the Bakumatsu period and Vice-Commander (副長, Fukucho) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hijikata Toshizō has received more than 1,190,096 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hijikata Toshizō is the 509th most popular military personnel (up from 576th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Japan (up from 308th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Hijikata Toshizō is most famous for leading the Shinsengumi, a group of samurai who were loyal to the shogunate. The Shinsengumi were an elite military force and were known for their strict discipline and fierce loyalty.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 509 out of 2,058. Before him are Josef Harpe, Paul von Rennenkampf, Dmitry Utkin, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, and Conon. After him are Theodor Busse, Andriy Melnyk, Pierre Cambronne, Sigismund Korybut, Franz Böhme, and Gao Shun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 25. Before him are Demetrius Vikelas, Nikolai Rubinstein, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Iwasaki Yatarō, and Adolph Wagner. After him are Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Shoqan Walikhanov, Elisha Gray, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Alexander Agassiz, and Simon Newcomb. Among people deceased in 1869, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 9. Before him are Alphonse de Lamartine, Ghalib, Allan Kardec, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, and Johann Friedrich Overbeck. After him are Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Thomas Graham, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, and Carl Loewe.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 287 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Shōmu (701), Takashi Kano (1920), Emperor Kazan (967), Yosa Buson (1716), Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), and Emperor Go-Uda (1267). After him are Emperor Bidatsu (538), Konishi Yukinaga (1555), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), and Akira Yoshizawa (1911).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Hijikata Toshizō ranks 27. Before him are Sanada Yukimura (1567), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Nogi Maresuke (1849), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), and Tamon Yamaguchi (1892). After him are Saitō Hajime (1844), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), Kawakami Gensai (1834), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), and Saburō Sakai (1916).

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