Yoshi Hijikata

Marquess Yoshi Hijikata (土方 与志, Hijikata Yoshi, 16 April 1898 – 4 June 1959) was a prominent Japanese theatre director.

[1] On his return to Japan in 1941 he was arrested, and remained in prison until 1945.

[1][5] In 1946 he joined the Japanese Communist Party.

[1] He was a grandson of the Meiji politician Hijikata Hisamoto.

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