The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima

By: Henry Scott Stokes

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Paperback | 8 August 2000

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Novelist, playwright, film actor, martial artist, and political commentator, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was arguably the most famous person in Japan at the time of his death. Henry Scott Stokes, one of Mishima''s closest friends, was the only non-Japanese allowed to attend the trial of the men involved in Mishima''s spectacular suicide. In this insightful and empathetic look at the writer, Stokes guides the reader through the milestones of Mishima''s meteoric and eclectic career and delves into the artist''s major works and themes. This biography skillfully and compassionately illuminates the achievements and disquieting ideas of a brilliant and deeply troubled man, an artist of whom Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata had said, "A writer of Mishima''s caliber comes along only once every two or three hundred years."

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The book is humane, intelligent, and probably as close as a Western reader is likely to get to the subject.... A literate examination examination of the man's work.--Time

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Prologue: A Personal Impression	p. 3
The Last Day
Off to the Parade	p. 9
The Fight in the General's Office	p. 11
Tenno Heika Banzai!	p. 25
Hara-kiri	p. 29
"Out of His Mind"	p. 33
Early Life (1925-39)
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword	p. 35
Birth	p. 37
Fairy Tales and Fantasies	p. 42
School and Adolescence	p. 48
The Making of Yukio Mishima (1940-49)
Child of Ancient History	p. 62
The "Irony" of It All	p. 68
Fearful Days	p. 79
Kawabata's Protege	p. 88
The Four Rivers (1950-70)
Pictures at an Exhibition	p. 96
The River of Writing	p. 97
1950-54	p. 98
1955-63	p. 111
1964-70	p. 136
The River of Theater	p. 168
The River of Body	p. 181
The River of Action	p. 191
"Patriotism"	p. 192
Picnic on Mt. Fuji	p. 210
Sauna Baths and Secrecy	p. 235
The Decay of the Angel	p. 249
Epilogue (1995-99)
Glossary	p. 283
Chronology	p. 289
Acknowledgments and Sources	p. 297
Bibliography	p. 301
Index	p. 307
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