was a prominent Japanese
theatre director
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. His real name was .
[''Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten'' article "Hijikata Yoshi". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.]['' MyPedia'' article "Hijikata Yoshi". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services.][''Digital Daijisen'' entry "Hijikata Yoshi". Shōgakukan.] He studied at the
University of Tokyo
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.
[''Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten'' states that he graduated from the University of Tokyo; ''MyPedia'' that he dropped out of the university Japanese literature faculty.]
He had Marxist leanings, and in 1933 traveled to Russia.
[ On his return to Japan in 1941 he was arrested, and remained in prison until 1945.][Keene, Donald. 1998. ''Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Fiction)''. Columbia University Press. Page 899 (note 3).] In 1946 he joined the Japanese Communist Party
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.[
He was a grandson of the Meiji politician ]Hijikata Hisamoto
Count was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister of the Meiji period.
Biography
Hijikata was a samurai in Tosa Domain (modern-day Kōchi Prefecture). He was sent by the domain to Edo for studies, where he became involved in the ''sonn ...
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Japanese theatre directors
1898 births
1959 deaths
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