Background
Hidejiro was born on Awaji Island (Hyogo Pre¬fecture) in the Inland Sea in 1876.
Hidejiro was born on Awaji Island (Hyogo Pre¬fecture) in the Inland Sea in 1876.
A graduate of the Third Higher School in Kyoto in 1899.
He was mayor of Tokyo (1923), Overseas Minister (1936). A member of the House of Peers (1918). Was also president of Takushoku University. Was well known as a good conversationalist and a radio speaker. Was noted also as a haiku poet, calling himself Seiran.
