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Mishima Yukio Memorial [chat]
simonwolf
i can feel a differencetoday, a differenceRegistered User regular
i can feel a differencetoday, a differenceRegistered User regular
On November 25th, 1970, Mishima Yukio -- a famous Japanese author, playwright, bodybuilder, right-wing nationalist, and amateur erotic model -- attended a meeting with generals Japan's military headquarters. What the generals assumed would be a brief exchange of pleasantaries ended up turning into a hostage situation, as Mishima and his young companions captured the generals, locked the room, and Mishima proceeded to go out and address the gathered members of Japan's military forces.
Mishima's death poem -- a traditional thing to write before committing ritual suicide -- was:
A small night storm blows
Saying ‘falling is the essence of a flower’
Preceding those who hesitate
actually this entire OP is just an excuse to re-post my favourite research outcome from my current project on Joan of Arc in Japan: as a child, Mishima was obsessed (and probably cranked it) to an image of a beautiful knight he had found in a picture book:
I feel you, Mishima
Mishima hectored them about the need for constitutional reform and fulminated that the “Peace Constitution” did not even recognize their existence. Intending to speak for a half-hour, he was immediately confronted with a barrage of abuse (“Madman!” “Idiot!” “Japan is at peace!”) and gave up after only seven minutes. He retired to the general’s room, where he began his meticulously prepared ritual suicide. He plunged a short sword deeply into his abdomen and excruciatingly pulled it across his stomach before his attendant and probable lover Morita Masakatsu attempted to perform kaishaku, beheading Mishima with a long sword to end his agony.
Unfortunately, Morita’s swordsmanship was hopeless, and he repeatedly missed Mishima’s head, striking him agonizingly on the shoulders instead. Another of the cadets—an experienced kendō practitioner—then stepped in and expertly performed the kaishaku. Morita himself then performed ritual suicide and was in turn decapitated. When the police entered the room shortly afterwards, the heads of Mishima and Morita were resting side by side on the carpet.
Mishima's death poem -- a traditional thing to write before committing ritual suicide -- was:
A small night storm blows
Saying ‘falling is the essence of a flower’
Preceding those who hesitate
actually this entire OP is just an excuse to re-post my favourite research outcome from my current project on Joan of Arc in Japan: as a child, Mishima was obsessed (and probably cranked it) to an image of a beautiful knight he had found in a picture book:
I feel you, Mishima
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In another, more accurate way, they are not
i mean sure but
I think his relationship with that Joan of Arc picture sums up the dude's entire literary output
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
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apparently when people were listening to the radio and kept hearing Mishima's name, they assumed he'd finally won the Nobel Prize after being nominated three times
Mishima Yukio: a strange dude, but dang that bod
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