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Bookmark or Share- Male-Male Desire: “Danshoku” Culture and Its Legacy in JapanOne of Mishima Yukio’s most famous works, the 1949 Kamen no kokuhaku (trans. by Meredith Weatherby as Confessions of a Mask) is a first-person novel painstakingly depicting the thinking of a ...
- Mishima Yukio: Historical Visionary - nippon.comMishima Yukio’s literary creations, imbued with his individualistic aesthetic sense, have enthralled readers around the world. In the year that marks the fiftieth anniversary of his suicide ...
- Watching the Skies in Japan: Mishima Yukio and Other UFO EnthusiastsMishima Yukio was among the famous members of the Japan Flying Saucer Research Association, founded by Arai Kin’ichi in 1955 to research and discuss UFOs.
- Onto the World Stage: Japanese Literature 1951–89 - nippon.comMishima Yukio was the third member of this group, and another Nobel candidate. His 1956 Kinkakuji (trans. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion) reimagines the real-life arson of the titular Kyoto temple.
- Mishima Yukio’s Suicide and “The Sea of Fertility” - nippon.comOn November 25, 1970, Mishima Yukio handed the manuscript for the final part of his tetralogy Hōjō no umi (trans. The Sea of Fertility) to his editor.The same day, after an attempt to rouse Self ...
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