Expression as a Crime: Hishiya Ryōichi’s Wartime Imprisonment Under Japan’s Peace Preservation Law

Hishiya Ryōichi (front left) and the other members of the art club at Asahikawa Normal School. (Courtesy Hishiya Ryōichi)

Hishiya documented his arrest in a sketch titled “The Police Come.” (Courtesy Hishiya Ryōichi)

Hishiya’s work depicting two people in deep discussion. (Courtesy Hishiya Ryōichi)

A sketch by Hishiya depicting the interrogation of a prisoner. (Courtesy Hishiya Ryōichi)

Hishiya Ryōichi. (© Mochida Jōji)