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What are his best works? What is a good starting point? What was his philosophy?

>> No.14499105

i have read his short stories and the temple of the golden pavilion. i didn't really care for either of them, but his books do have an aesthetic quality in them that i appreciate.

>> No.14499142

Power rankings
1. The Sailor
2. Spring Snow
3. Confessions of a Mask
4. The Temple
5. Runaway Horses

>> No.14500422

>>14499105
There are some truly dark, dangerous ideas in temple. The ending was also fantastic. Can't hate that final line. It really only grew on me after I read it and thought about it.

>> No.14500461

>>14499097
If only there was a easily accesible yukio mishima chart that one could find by checking the sticky. Lurk more

>> No.14500463
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>>14499097
Read his short story Patriotism. He made a film of it in the 60s and in an interview regarding the film he said it is the single work he thinks people should read if they only read one thing.

>> No.14500471

>>14499097
idk only read "the sound of waves" and i really liked it

>> No.14500486

>>14499105
His short stories aren't his best work, apart from Death in Midsummer and Patriotism. Temple is very meandering (I mean that neutrally). His other novels are a lot tighter.

>> No.14500509

>>14499142
really?
i wasn't too thrilled with spring snow, but rad some short stories and liked them.

>> No.14500620

>>14499097
Is it true that he was a facist

>> No.14500757

>>14500620
yes he was for people having faces.

>> No.14500765

>>14499097
Daily reminder that nobody seriously considered japanese literature beside weebs. And yes, Mishima is a gay shit

>> No.14500772

>>14500620
no he was a monarchist and wanted japan to returned to it Ideologically a right wing nationalist, Mishima formed the Tatenokai, an unarmed civilian militia, for the avowed purpose of restoring power to the Japanese Emperor. On November 25, 1970, Mishima and four members of his militia entered a military base in central Tokyo, took the commandant hostage, and attempted to inspire the Japan Self-Defense Forces to overturn Japan's 1947 Constitution. When this was unsuccessful, Mishima committed seppuku.

>> No.14500781

>>14500772
That's pretty rad, but seems a little too narcissistic. I don't there has ever been an example of a violent act of protest leading to change or uprising in favor of the perpetrator. I'm more saddened he felt so desperate to do what he did (not the seppuku, thats still rad).

>> No.14500783

>>14499097
God, I would fuck him so hard.

>> No.14500800

>>14500781
he did it as an erotic performance act

>> No.14500887

>>14500422
>It really only grew on me after I read it and thought about it.
Are all his books like this? Both The Temple and The Sailor had this effect on me.

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>>14500463
>Patriotism (film) - Wikipedia
>https://en.wikipedia.org wiki Patriotism_(film)
>Patriotism (憂國, Yūkoku) is a 1966 Japanese short film directed by Yukio Mishima. It is based on Mishima's short story Patriotism, published in 1961.
>Directed by: Yukio Mishima; Domoto Masaki Release date: 12 April 1966 (Japan)
>Music by: Richard Wagner
>Music by Richard Wagner