Yoshi Hijikata

Marquess Yoshi Hijikata (土方 与志) was a prominent Japanese theatre director. His real name was Hisayoshi Hijikata (土方久敬). He studied at the University of Tokyo.

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. In 1946 he joined the Japanese Communist Party.

He was a grandson of the Meiji politician Hijikata Hisamoto.