Yoshi Hijikata

Yoshi Hijikata

Yoshi Hijikata in 1948
Native name 土方与志
Born (1898-04-16)16 April 1898
Died 4 June 1959(1959-06-04) (aged 61)
Nationality Japanese
Occupation Theatre director

Yoshi Hijikata (土方 与志 Hijikata Yoshi, 16 April 1898 – 4 June 1959) was a prominent Japanese theatre director. His real name was Hisayoshi Hijikata (土方久敬 Hijikata Hisayoshi).[1][2][3] He studied at the University of Tokyo.[4]

He had Marxist leanings, and in 1933 traveled to Russia.[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.[1][3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten article "Hijikata Yoshi". 2007. Britannica Japan Co.
  2. MyPedia article "Hijikata Yoshi". 2007. Hitachi Systems & Services.
  3. 1 2 Digital Daijisen entry "Hijikata Yoshi". Shōgakukan.
  4. Britannica Kokusai Dai-hyakkajiten states that he graduated from the University of Tokyo; MyPedia that he dropped out of the university Japanese literature faculty.
  5. Keene, Donald. 1998. Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Fiction). Columbia University Press. Page 899 (note 3).
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