At the end of this debut work, a limpid "tranquility" is drawn, and it is often pointed out by some literature researchers that it has something in common with the ending of Mishima's posthumous work The Sea of Fertility. [36] [37]

Mishima's political activities made him a controversial figure, which he remains in modern Japan. [8] [9] [10] [11] From his mid-30s, Mishima's right-wing ideology and reactionary beliefs were increasingly evident. [11] [12] [13] He was proud of the traditional culture and spirit of Japan, and opposed what he saw as western-style materialism, along with Japan's postwar democracy, globalism, and communism, worrying that by embracing these ideas the Japanese people would lose their "national essence" ( kokutai) and their distinctive cultural heritage ( Shinto and Yamato-damashii) to become a "rootless" people. [14] [15] [16] [17] Mishima formed the Tatenokai for the avowed purpose of restoring sacredness and dignity to the Emperor of Japan. [15] [16] [17] On 25 November 1970, Mishima and four members of his militia entered a military base in central Tokyo, took its commandant hostage, and unsuccessfully tried to inspire the Japan Self-Defense Forces to rise up and overthrow Japan's 1947 Constitution (which he called "a constitution of defeat"). [17] [14] After his speech and screaming of "Long live the Emperor!", he committed seppuku. Shin Megami Tensei by Atlus (1992) – A character Gotou who started a coup in Ichigaya, modeled on Mishima. Mishima was featured as the photo model in photographer Eikoh Hosoe's book Bara-kei ( 薔薇刑, Ba-ra-kei: Ordeal by Roses), as well as in Tamotsu Yatō's photobooks Young Samurai: Bodybuilders of Japan ( 体道～日本のボディビルダーたち, Taidō: Nihon no bodybuilder tachi ) and Otoko: Photo Studies of the Young Japanese Male ( 男, Otoko). American author Donald Richie gave an eyewitness account of seeing Mishima, dressed in a loincloth and armed with a sword, posing in the snow for one of Tamotsu Yatō's photoshoots. [105] After briefly considering marriage with Michiko Shōda ( 正田美智子), who later married Crown Prince Akihito and became Empress Michiko, [113] Mishima married Yōko ( 瑤子, née Sugiyama), the daughter of Japanese-style painter Yasushi Sugiyama ( 杉山寧), on 1 June 1958. The couple had two children: a daughter named Noriko ( 紀子) (born 2 June 1959) and a son named Iichirō ( 威一郎) (born 2 May 1962). [114] Noriko eventually married the diplomat Koji Tomita ( 冨田浩司). [115] Impossible ( Fukano ( 不可能)) by Hisaki Matsuura (Kodansha, 2011, ISBN 978-4-06-217028-4) – A novel that assumed that Mishima has been survived the Mishima Incident. [256]Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. What happens at the end of my trial? Richie, Donald (2005). The Japan journals: 1947–2004. Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge. pp.148–149. ISBN 978-0-89346-984-9. OCLC 773692477. Sheridan, Michael (27 March 2005). "Briton let author commit hara kiri". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382 . Retrieved 8 January 2020.

In 2014, Mishima was one of the inaugural honourees in the Rainbow Honor Walk, a walk of fame in San Francisco's Castro neighbourhood noting LGBTQ people who have "made significant contributions in their fields". [221] [222] [223] Awards [ edit ] A variety of cenotaphs and memorial stones have been erected in honor of Mishima's memory in various places around Japan. For example, stones have been erected at Hachiman Shrine in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture, where his grandfather's permanent domicile was; [214] in front of the 2nd company corps at JGSDF Camp Takigahara; [215] and in one of Mishima's acquaintance's home garden. [216] There is also a "Monument of Honor Yukio Mishima & Masakatsu Morita" in front of the Rissho University Shonan High school in Shimane Prefecture. [217] For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. As yet, he had no clear idea of how (or even if) Japan could be “saved”. He was still a long way from the ultra-nationalism which would lead him to his death in a botched coup eight years later. But he was a man in search of answers — and Beautiful Star was a way of working through his uncertainties. I didn't feel hate towards the defendants at that time. Thinking about the country of Japan, thinking about the JSDF, the pure hearts of thinking about our country that did that kind of thing, I want to buy it as an individual. [182]Kumo no kai – a literary movement group presided over by Kunio Kishida in 1950–1954, to which Mishima belonged. a b Shimizu, Fumio (1975). 「花ざかりの森」をめぐって[Over the Hanazakari no Mori]. Appendix of "Yukio Mishima Complete Works No.1" (Shinchosha) (in Japanese). collected in N-Reader 1990, pp.22–24 a b Ōno, Shigeru (2009). サンデーとマガジン 創刊と死闘の15年[ The Sunday and Magazine: 15 years of Start and Struggles] (in Japanese). Kobunsha. ISBN 978-4-334-03503-7.

Mishima who was paying attention to the disquieting movement of China, also in 1959 commented about resistance of Tibet as below, "A Fuunji ( 風雲児, "young hero of the troubled times") who dives and joins the Tibetan Rebel Army against China did not appear from Japan. It seems like that Japanese have lost spirits of helping the weak, and it may be a weakling self-torturing consider of which Japan is the weakest in the world, lurked deep inside Japanese minds after the defeat." [154] Deadly Dialectics: Sex, Violence, and Nihilism in the World of Yukio Mishima by Roy Starrs (University of Hawaii Press, 1994, ISBN 0-8248-1630-7 and ISBN 0-8248-1630-7) [250] Mishima, Yukio (1966). 二・二六事件と私["February 26 Incident" and me]. Appendix of Book "The Voices of the Heroic Dead" (Kawadeshoboshinsha) (in Japanese). collected in Heroic 2005, pp.243–261, complete34 2003, pp.107–119 Tekken by Namco (1994) – Mishima surname comes from Yukio Mishima, and a main character, Kazuya Mishima, had his way of thinking based on Mishima. Biografia Ilustrada de Mishima by Mario Bellatin (Argentina, Editorian Entropia, 2009, ISBN 978-987-24797-6-3)Mishima as a father arranged for the department store for his two children till they became adults to receive Christmas gifts every year after his death, [202] and asked the publisher to pay the long-term subscription fee for children's magazines in advance and deliver them every month. [197] Mishima". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5thed.). HarperCollins . Retrieved 1 June 2019.