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Hitoshi Ashida

あしだ ひとし

Ashida Hitoshi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1887-11-15 (Miyamura, Amata District, Kyoto Prefecture (now Miyamura, Fukuchiyama))
Died
1959-06-20 (Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan) age 71
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Religion
None

Career

Occupations
Diplomat, Politician
Active Years
1912-1959
Affiliations
Rikken Seiyūkai, Japan Liberal Party, Democratic Party (Japan, 1947-1950), Liberal Democratic Party

Education

Tokyo Imperial University
Faculty of Law / Department of Law
Degree: 博士(法学)
Period: 1907-1912
Year of Graduation: 1912
Country: Japan

Awards

Doctor of Law
1929
Work: History of the Straits Regime of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles
Organization: Tokyo Imperial University
Result: 取得
Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon of the Paulownia Flowers
1959
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

History of the Straits Regime of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles

1930 History

Legacy

Known as a liberal politician during postwar reconstruction in Japan.

Museums

  • Hitoshi Ashida Memorial Museum Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Opened in 2002

Archives

  • National Diet Library, Parliamentary Archives

In Popular Culture

  • NHK drama 'Is the Constitution not yet?'