41. Page Title Let me know if what you are looking for is not here. SPECIAL FEATURE mishima yukio. MISHIMA,YUKIO, Manatsu no Shi (Death in Midsummer), (Sogensha, 1953). http://rarebooksinjapan.com/page14.html

JAPANALIA 2 Modern First Editions This is not a complete list of the titles I have available. Let me know if what you are looking for is not here. SPECIAL FEATURE: MISHIMA YUKIO Mishima is an anomaly, not only within his own cultural context, but from an international point of view as well. Often regarded as a champion of right-wing extremism who committed ritual suicide in protest at the decline of "Japanese" values, he is far too complicated a figure to be dismissed so lightly. Far from upholding the established values, Mishima burst onto the literary scene with Kinjiki (Forbidden Colours), a deeply shocking and iconoclastic novel. In it, he breaks the taboo on discussing Japanese homosexuality (giving a frank, unabashed account of promiscuous homosexual behaviour) and exposes the hypocrisy and hidden lives of supposedly "respectable" members of society - and does so in a style more reminiscent of Oscar Wilde (whom he greatly admired) than of the traditional Japanese masters: "Somehow Shunsuke found himself joyfully waving a paper flag. A cameraman happened to be passing at that moment and caught him, so Shunsuke's picture appeared prominently in the newspapers, waving the flag. Who could have known? Here was this eccentric author waving a flag, sending off a soldier to die on the battlefield - the very battlefield on which had recently died the detested young soldier whose death he was really celebrating!" (Kinjiki) Just as for his protagonist, behind Mishima's apparent patriotism lies a complex, murky - and much more interesting - story. To learn more about the man and his works, visit

42. Nihon.fr.st, Tout Sur Le Japon Translate this page mishima yukio. Le véritable amour reste secret Le célèbre écrivainmishima yukio explique et valorise l'esprit ‘chevaleresque’. http://www.efrance.fr/nihon/pages/litterature/romanciers/mishima.htm

rechercher art culture économie folklore ... sport Mishima Yukio Au sommet de sa gloire, en novembre 1970, il se donne la mort d'une façon spectaculaire, au cours d'un seppuku, au terme d'une tentative politique désespérée qui a frappé l'imagination du monde entier. Le jour de sa mort, il a mis un point final à sa tétralogie, " La mer de la fertilité " composée de Neige de printemps, Chevaux échappés, Le temple de l'aube et L'ange en décomposition. La pavillon d'or Le Tumulte des flots 1. Neige de printemps 3. Le temple de l'aube La confession d'un masque Le soleil et l'acier Une soif d'amour Les amours interdites La musique A une amante , quand peu de fleurs restent aux arbre Dans les seules rares fleurs qui restent aux arbres

43. Yukio Mishima Sanno Kai Giuseppe Fino Libreria Ar Edizioni Di Ar Translate this page a firma di Shigeki Takarada è apparso un articolo dedicato al successo di pubblicoottenuto dall’“Istituto Yukio Mishima” (mishima yukio Bungaku-kan http://www.xcom.it/ar/mishima.htm

Vendita per corrispondenza : come ordinare e-mail:libreriaar@tin.it - Tel./fax 089 221 226 Posta: largo Dogana Regia 84121 Salerno Nuovi titoli Catalogo con Note Recensioni Cultura, politica e storia del 900 ... home page Yukio Mishima - Giappone Indice: Le “poesie di addio al mondo” di Mishima e dei membri dell’Associazione degli Scudi - L’ideologia delle tre funzioni nei miti del Giappone Intervista a Giuseppe Fino: 'Sul Giappone' recensioni Le “poesie di addio al mondo” di Mishima e dei membri dell’Associazione degli Scudi Giuseppe Fino, in Margini n. 33 del gennaio 2001 Il 25 novembre 2000 ricorreva il trentesimo anniversario del suicidio rituale di Mishima e Morita. Raccogliamo l’invito del prof. Giuseppe Fino ricordandoli con alcune notizie relative all’Istituto Mishima e con le “poesie di addio al mondo” di Mishima e dei membri dell’Associazione degli Scudi (per la prima volta tradotte integralmente in una lingua diversa dall’originale) che parteciparono all’azione.

44. Bibliographie De Yukio Mishima Translate this page Bibliographie de Yukio Mishima. 1968, Salle de classe épistolaire de mishima yukio(mishima yukio Reta Kyoshitsu). 1968, Le Soleil et l'Acier (Taiyo to Tetsu), http://fabien.osmont.free.fr/mishima/biblio.htm

Bibliographie de Yukio Mishima Yukio Mishima fut un écrivain prolixe comme va vous le démontrer cette page. Tous les ouvrages ne sont pas encore traduits en français. Pour ceux qui le sont, vous les trouverez pour la plupart chez Gallimard, soit en collection Nrf, soit même en Folio. Lorsque j'ai eu le plaisir de lire un de ces livres, vous trouverez un léger commentaire à la suite du titre de celui-ci. Certains ouvrages permettent d'aborder l'une ou l'autre facette de la culture japonaise. Afin de vous permettre de découvrir plus particulièrement ces facettes, cliquez sur les liens proposés et vous pourrez avoir une présentation du thème en question, à hauteur de mes modestes compétences. La Forêt tout en fleurs (Hanazakari no Mori) Une histoire au cap (Misaki nite no Monogatari) Voleurs (Tozoku) Préparatifs pour la nuit (Yoru no Shitaku) Confession d'un masque (Kamen no Kokihaku) Roman qui fut qualifié d'autobiographique, celui-ci mérite à mon sens qu'on s'y attarde un peu. La qualité d'analyse psychologique qu'y exprime Mishima est assez profonde et donne un bon aperçu de l'introspection qu'a dû réaliser l'auteur. Trafic de pierres précieuses (Hoseki Baibai ) Le passage des démons (Mangun no Tsuka) Le Phare (Todai) Monstre (Kaibutsu) Une soif d'amour (Ai no Kawaki) La Pure Nuit blanche (Jumpaku no Yoru) La Période bleue (Ao no Jidai) La Sainte Vierge (Seijo) Le Chasseur et sa proie (Kari to Emono) Club équestre (Tonorie) Initiales (Kashiramoji) Les amours interdites (Kinjiki - vol. 1)

45. Mishima Yukio Geständnis Einer Maske. Roman. Translate this page mishima yukio Geständnis einer Maske. Roman. Titel Geständnis einerMaske. Roman. Autor mishima yukio. Rubrik1 Belletristik http://www.biografien-und-mehr.de/Mishima-Yukio-Gestaendnis-einer-Mas-3499156520

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46. Mishima Yukio Bester John Acts Of Worship : Seven Stories mishima yukio Bester John Acts of Worship Seven Stories. Title Actsof Worship Seven Stories Author mishima yukio Bester John. http://www.novelshopping.com/Mishima-Yukio-Bester-Jo-Acts-of-Worship-Seven-S-087

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47. A BOOKS & MORE / Asien-Bücher Translate this page Weiter zu, Libri. Druckversion . Über das Buch Über den Autor/ die Autorinmishima yukio, mishima yukio. Liebesdurst. Originaltitel Ai no kawaki. http://www.inside-a.com/books/anzeigen.php3?booksid=788

48. Untitled Document Pr©sentation de l'auteur japonais, oeuvres, extraits. http://members.aol.com/faktys/mishima.html

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49. City Honors Yukio Mishima Page A yukio mishima Page mishima books currently in print. This page was created initially for City Honors School students by teacher C. LaChiusa. Your comments are appreciated. A yukio mishima Page. The Use of Contrast in The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea http://cityhonors.buffalo.k12.ny.us/city/rsrcs/eng/auth/mis.htm

A Yukio Mishima Page The Use of Contrast in The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea An essay by student Eve Tulbert. Linked on IB Papers A Short Story Based on The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea Creative writing by student Eve Tulbert. Linked on IB Papers Books by Mishima (iMote) A book sellers list Yukio Mishima (F. El-Habel) Four photos; misc. Death and Blood in Confessions of a Mask (D. Nicolai) Student essay. Similarities Between Mishima's ìThe Sound of Waves" and ìThe Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Seaî(C. Durawa) Student Essay Mishima books currently in print. In Yokohama, Turrets and Tea New York Times article Existentialist Views On Death in The Sailor (M.Robertson ) Student essay Ironic Warriors: Changes in the Theme of ìSailorî... (B. Cady) Student essay The Mother and Son Relationship in "The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea" (G. Zornick) Student essay The Sea Motif in "The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea" (M. Silverstein ) Student Essay The Sea as Woman in "The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea" (L. Saarinen)

50. Mishima, Yukio. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 mishima, yukio. (y ´k m sh´ mä) (KEY) , 192570, Japanese author, b. http://www.bartleby.com/65/mi/MishimaY.html

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51. YUKIO MISHIMA in Henry Scott Stokes' The Life and Death of yukio mishima or (for works not yet published in translation) translated http://rehue.csociales.uchile.cl/rehuehome/facultad/publicaciones/autores/mishim

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES El autor de la semana El rumor de las olas (1956; Seix Barral, 1963 y 1985), Nieve de primavera (1966) y Caballos desbocados Mishima (Seix Barral, 1985) y al estudio de Marguerite Yourcenar (Seix Barral, 1985). Descrito por Yasunari Kawabata—Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1968— como el más importante autor japonés de nuestros días, los críticos occidentales acostumbran parangonar a Mishima con algunos de los más grandes escritores europeos. Así, hablando de su obra, Christopher Isherwood ha evocado el nombre de Gide, y E. Martin, el de Proust. Angus Wilson afirma que la caracterización de Mishima tiene "dimensión balzaciana y verdad flaubertiana". El Times Literary Supplemment se refiere a su "objetividad casi brechtiana" y John Wain añade que sus intensas descripciones de estados íntimos le parecen dignas de Wordsworth. Yukio Mishima ha escrito quince novelas, treinta y tres piezas de teatro y unos ochenta relatos. Los siete puentes El sacerdote y su amor La perla Oscar Aguilera F.

52. Untitled Document Kurze Biographie und Beschreibungen mehrerer Werke von mishima. http://www.muenster.de/~taucher/lyrik/lyrik3.htm

Yukio Mishima ( eigentlich Kimitake Hiraoka ), geboren am 14.Januar 1925 in Tokio, studierte an der Universität seiner Heimatstadt Jura, ehe er 1947 Finanzbeamter wurde.Doch gab er seine Stellung bereits nach acht Monaten auf, um sich ganz seinen literarischen Arbeiten zu widmen.Schon 1948 erschien sein erstes Prosawerk.Es folgten Theaterstücke, Romane, Reiseberichte und über fünfzig short stories.Zwischen 1950 und und 1955 entstanden seine "No - Spiele".In ihnen erweckte Mishima eine uralte Form japanischen Theaters zu neuem Leben.Westliche Einflüsse und asiatische Traditionen verbanden sich unter seiner stilsicheren Hand zu neuartigen poetisch - dramatischen Scenen.Mishimas Kunst fand internationale Bewunderung. Die öffentliche Inszenierung seines eigenen Lebens machten den Dichter zu einer politisch umstrittenen Erscheinung.Er wurde sich" im Laufe seines Lebens selbst zum Kunstwerk, das er vollendete, indem er sich selbst mit 45 Jahren entleibte". Am 25.November 1970 nahm er sich durch öffentlich angekündigten Harakiri das Leben. Exemplarische Erzählungen des großen japanischen Autors, Spiegelungen der Verwandlung Japans in einen modernen Industriestaat und der Konflikt mit den alten Traditionen.

53. Yukio Mishima - Patriotismus Kurze Vorstellung der Erz¤hlung Patriotismus von yukio mishima. http://www.alexander-verlag.com/Neuer/autoren1/mishima.htm

YUKIO MISHIMA - PATRIOTISMUS Yukio Mishima PATRIOTISMUS Deutsch von Ulla Hengst und Wulf Teichmann 50 Seiten, Leinen, Fadenheftung Sonderpreis : Euro 7,90 / SFr 14,60 ISBN 3-923854-35-8 Titel ist vergriffen! siehe auch: Butoh - Ein Tanz aus Japan Georges Banu Yoshi Oida »Am 25. November 1970 beging Yukio Mishima, der bekannteste Schriftsteller Japans seiner Zeit, mit 45 Jahren rituellen Selbstmord durch Seppuku. Unmittelbar vor dieser spektakulären Tat, die ihn endgültig zum Skandalon werden ließ, unternahm er mit einem Grüppchen Gleichgesinnter den aussichtslosen Versuch, einen Putsch zur Durchsetzung der traditionellen japanischen Werte durchzuführen « Anton Thuswaldner , Salzburger Nachrichten In Patriotismus (1966) beschreibt Mishima den Seppuku eines jungen Offiziers und seiner Frau nach einem gescheiterten Putschversuch. Startseite

54. Yukio Mishima Biography, bibliography, summaries of some of his main works, chronology and articles. http://www.members.tripod.com/dennismichaeliannuzz/index.HTML

Get Five DVDs for $.49 each. Join now. Tell me when this page is updated WELCOME TO THE YUKIO MISHIMA WEB PAGE This web page is devoted to the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. November 25th 2000 marked the 30th anniversary of his death. Yukio Mishima was one of the most accomplished and celebrated writers to come out of post-war Japan. He has been compared to Ernest Hemingway and Marcel Proust. The subject matter of his books and the specifics of his life caused him to be the source of a great deal of controversy,both in Japan and throughout the world. He has been the subject of several works of literary criticism,at least one biography, and his life was the subject of a film by the filmmaker Paul Schraeder entitled "Mishima:a life in four chapters" .Mishima was the author of hundreds of plays,stories,essays and novels,but he was best known as the author of the "Sea of Fertility Tetralogy". Although he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for literature three times,the ideas behind both his writings and his life are greatly misunderstood in the west. How to Contact Me!

55. Yukio Mishima Brief biography with list of selected works.Category Arts Literature Authors M mishima, yukio...... Later he changed his name into yukio mishima so that his antiliteraryfather wouldn't know he wrote. The name yukio can loosely http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mishima.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) - Pseudonym for Hiraoka Kimitake Prolific writer, who is considered by many critic as the most important Japanese novelist of the 20th century. Mishima's works include 40 novels, poetry, essays, and modern Kabuki and Noh dramas. He was three times nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature. Among his masterpieces is The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956). The tetralogy The Sea of Fertility (1965-70) is regarded by many as Mishima's most lasting achievement. As a writer Mishima drew inspiration from pre-modern literature, both Japanese and Western. "How oddly situated a man is apt to find himself at the age of thirty-eight! His youth belongs to the distant past. Yet the period of memory beginning with the end of youth and extending to the present has left him not a single vivid impression. And therefore he persists in feeling that nothing more than a fragile barrier separates him from his youth. He is forever hearing with the utmost clarity the sounds of this neighboring domain, but there is no way to penetrate the barrier." (from Runaway Horses Kimitaka Hiraoka was born in Tokyo as the son of a government official. Later he changed his name into Yukio Mishima so that his anti-literary father wouldn't know he wrote. The name Yukio can loosely be translated as "Man who chronicals reason." Mishima was raised mainly by his paternal grandmother, who hardly permitted the boy out of her sight. During World War II Mishima was excused from military service, but he served in a factory. This plagued Mishima throughout his life - had survived shamefully when so many others had been killed. All his life

56. Y. Mishima, Unter Dem Sturmgott Band 2 der Tetralogie. http://www.hanser.de/buch/1986/3-446-14628-8.htm

HOME IMPRESSUM HILFE KONTAKT ... Fachzeitschriften Suche nach Literatur/Sachbuch Kinderbuch In den Warenkorb legen Add to Shopping Cart Yukio Mishima Unter dem Sturmgott Roman Aus dem Japanischen von Siegfried Schaarschmidt Leinen Januar 1986 448 Seiten Hardcover EUR 19,90 / SFR 34,60 ISBN 3-446-14628-8 Der zweite Band schildert den Versuch einer Gruppe junger nationalistischer Japaner, mit den Mitteln der Gewalt die Zersetzung traditioneller Werte durch den immer stärker werdenden westlichen Einfluß zu verhindern. Autor(en): Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) wurde nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zum Sprecher der jungen Generation, deren Heimatlosigkeit er zum Thema seines Werkes machte. Mit den vier großen Romanen Schnee im Frühling, Unter dem Sturmgott, Der Tempel der Morgendämmerung und Die Todesmale des Engels, zusammengefaßt unter dem Obertitel Das Meer der Fruchtbarkeit, schloß er sein literarisches Werk ab, bevor er sich 1970 das Leben nahm. HOME IMPRESSUM HILFE KONTAKT ... Fachzeitschriften Suche nach Literatur/Sachbuch Kinderbuch

57. Seppuku And Jisatsu In Modern Japanese Literature: Yukio Mishima, Natsume Soseki Including the works of yukio mishima, Natsume Soseki and Kokoro. http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/ustudent/gcraft/fall97/brown/essays/seppuku.html

Seppuku and Jisatsu in Modern Japanese Literature By Daniel Brown November 13, 1997 Suicides in the texts of modern Japanese literature, according to Alan Wolfe in his essay "From Seppuku to Jisatsu: Suicide as a National Allegory," take on two distinctive forms. The first of these forms is the traditional ritual suicide called seppuku . Yukio Mishima, who not only wrote about seppuku but also performed it, recently glamorized this type of suicide. Seppuku is a ritual death rite with an ancient history in Japanese culture. The opposing type of suicide is the modern, intellectual suicide referred to as jisatsu . In Japanese literature, the best known of this type of suicide is committed by the sensei in Natsume Soseki's Kokoro . Jisatsu is a result of alienation and the fragmentation of society caused by modernization. Both seppuku and jisatsu are two differing suicide forms separated by motive and process, yet the distinction between the two is unclear due to anachronistic persuasions caused by conflict between modernization and the legacy of the Emperor. The act of seppuku involves the insertion of a blade into one's own stomach. The person performing the suicide then continues by cutting across the length of the abdomen. The act is finished after an assistant finishes the suicide by cutting off the dying person's head. Seppuku has been a sacred ceremony since ancient Japan that has been reserved for the privileged samurai class. It was used to follow one's lord in death as an act of loyalty and dignity and also as a means of redeeming failure through an honorable death. In modern Japan, the act of killing oneself has taken on different forms and meanings. Seppuku in modern times has taken an anti-modern stance as evidenced by Yukio Mishima's literary characters and his own theatrical suicide.

58. Resources - Japanese Literature Includes information on mishima's life and work. http://www.us-japan.org/lit/mishima.html

Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) At the height of his career, after having achieved international and local fame, considerable wealth and a certain degree of notoriety, Yukio Mishima committed ritual suicide. At the age of 45, Mishima ended his own life by performing a Japanese suicide rite known as seppuku or hari-kiri. Traditionally reserved for the samurai class, it involves self-disembowelment and ends with decapitation. As much has been written about Mishima’s gruesome and controversial death as about his literary accomplishments. Many critics and Mishima followers have speculated on the reason for his suicide. Some claim the author was an extremist, who lived in pursuit of ideal beauty, and in his eyes death was the penultimate form of beauty and only in death could he become complete. Others allege that Mishima was thoroughly infatuated by death, terror and the way of the samurai, themes which echo throughout his many works. And thus chose seppuku as a final tribute to the spirit of the samurai. Others still, believe his suicide was a political act intended as a protest against the Japan’s post WWII constitution, which he believed had stolen the soul of traditional of his homeland. Whatever reason lay behind his suicide, Mishima’s legacy lies in his tremendous body of work. Over his lifetime Mishima completed 20 novels, 13 articles, 143 short stories, 21 full-length dramas and 31 one-act plays. Sickly as a boy, Mishima conditioned and strengthened his body with the daily practice of kendo and karate. In an interview he commented that he worked hard on his body because he intended to die before he was 50,and wanted to make sure he had a good-looking corpse.

59. Yukio Mishima Brief biography with list of selected works. http://kirjasto.sci.fi/mishima.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) - Pseudonym for Hiraoka Kimitake Prolific writer, who is considered by many critic as the most important Japanese novelist of the 20th century. Mishima's works include 40 novels, poetry, essays, and modern Kabuki and Noh dramas. He was three times nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature. Among his masterpieces is The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1956). The tetralogy The Sea of Fertility (1965-70) is regarded by many as Mishima's most lasting achievement. As a writer Mishima drew inspiration from pre-modern literature, both Japanese and Western. "How oddly situated a man is apt to find himself at the age of thirty-eight! His youth belongs to the distant past. Yet the period of memory beginning with the end of youth and extending to the present has left him not a single vivid impression. And therefore he persists in feeling that nothing more than a fragile barrier separates him from his youth. He is forever hearing with the utmost clarity the sounds of this neighboring domain, but there is no way to penetrate the barrier." (from Runaway Horses Kimitaka Hiraoka was born in Tokyo as the son of a government official. Later he changed his name into Yukio Mishima so that his anti-literary father wouldn't know he wrote. The name Yukio can loosely be translated as "Man who chronicals reason." Mishima was raised mainly by his paternal grandmother, who hardly permitted the boy out of her sight. During World War II Mishima was excused from military service, but he served in a factory. This plagued Mishima throughout his life - had survived shamefully when so many others had been killed. All his life

60. Dojoji: One Of Yukio Mishima's Modern Noh Plays Discussion of mishima's play, Dojoji. http://www.wdog.com/rider/writings/dojoji_one_of_yukio_mishima.htm

WRITINGS Dojoji Death in Midsummer and Other Stories , Mishima uses the style of the Japanese Noh play to create an eerie and disturbing piece. Dojoji , and takes place in a secondhand furniture shop. The Dealer has organized a private auction for some very rich customers. He is selling a giant wardrobe, big enough to fit a double bed in. The Dealer explains that the wardrobe is up for auction because it belonged to one of the rich families who "has gone down a bit in the world" since the end of WWII, so they must sell their furniture. The wardrobe is very impressive, and soon the bidding hits three million Yen. However, just as the bidding reaches a climax, a woman enters the scene, bidding only three thousand Yen for the wardrobe. The Dealer and the rest of the audience ask her why she’s causing such a disturbance. The woman explains that she is Kiyoko, a dancer, and she knows the history of this particular wardrobe. It belonged to the Sakurayama family, and Mrs. Sakurayama allowed her lover, Yasushi, to live in it. Yasushi stayed there all day, every day, waiting to be called out by Mrs. Sakurayama. One day, Mr. Sakurayama heard a noise coming from the wardrobe, and he shot a gun into it over and over. Yasushi began screaming, and Mr. Sakurayama kept shooting "until the horrible screams finally died away and the blood came gushing through the crack under the wardrobe door." After her story, nobody wants to buy the wardrobe, but all of the men want to take the beautiful Kiyoko out to dinner. The audience departs, but Kiyoko stays to try to purchase the wardrobe. The Dealer won’t let her have it for her low price, so she tells him more about the story. Yasushi was also Kiyoko’s lover, and she thinks he left her not because of Mrs. Sakurayama, but because Kiyoko is too beautiful. She describes her surplus of beauty as being a "cogwheel" that is missing in her "machine." It seems like a strange metaphor to me: Having too much of something is like not having it at all? It’s interesting, and what’s even more interesting is how far out of his way Mishima seems to go to put in some industrialist references.

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