Keishichi Hirasawa

Keishichi Hirasawa (Japanese: ; 14 July 1889 – 3 September 1923) was a Japanese playwright and labor activist. He was a father of .

Life Hirasawa was born in Niigata Prefecture in 1899 and moved to Ōmiya as a child. After graduating from elementary school, he began working at a factory run by the Japan Railway Company. He commenced military service in 1910, and after completing his service moved to Ōjima, where he began working for the Tokyo Spring Company. He started writing for the journal of the Yūaikai, a trade union federation. He wrote speeches and plays expressing the federation's messaging.

In 1919, Hirasawa became the chairman of the Jōtō Federation, a federation of local unions in Nankatsu which sponsored a range of cultural and educational programs including an arts club, a legal aid service, and a debating society. It also negotiated with local employers. Hirasawa became known for his plays about life as a factory worker.

He was married to Matsu Hirasawa, the second daughter of Takejirō Mori (the adoptive father of Isojirō Mori, who was the father of Taikichirō Mori). Together they had a daughter named Ayako Hirasawa.

In the wake of the Great Kantō Earthquake, Hirasawa was abducted and executed alongside nine other labor activists by local police and military in Kameido.