Marquess was a prominent Japanese theatre director. 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.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.
He was a grandson of the Meiji politician Hijikata Hisamoto.
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