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Yukio Mishima's dark satire obscures the light of humanity

Books / Reviews May 15, 2022

Yukio Mishima's dark satire obscures the light of humanity

by Eric Margolis

"Beautiful Star," a novel that the writer considered to be his masterpiece, is an absurd parody of society.

Exciting translations and books about Japan to bookmark for 2022

Books Jan 8, 2022

Exciting translations and books about Japan to bookmark for 2022

by Iain Maloney

From Yoko Tawada’s “Scattered All Over the Earth” to Sayaka Murata’s “Life Ceremony,” this year’s new releases are sure to brighten up your 2022.

Japan Times 1970: Writer Yukio Mishima commits ritual suicide

History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Nov 25, 2020

Japan Times 1970: Writer Yukio Mishima commits ritual suicide

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 18, 1920 No more liquor in Diet building 1920 | THE JAPAN TIMES The next session of the Imperial Diet will be a dry one. It will be drier than the most arid stretch of the burning sands of the Sahara Desert — ...

A passion project that became a literary journey through Kyoto

Books Nov 21, 2020

A passion project that became a literary journey through Kyoto

by Stephen Mansfield

“Kyoto: A Literary Guide" was painstakingly collated by a group of friends whose dedication to studying the city’s literary legacy spans 10 years.

'Mishima: The Last Debate': Careful revival of a battle of wits

Film / Reviews Mar 26, 2020

'Mishima: The Last Debate': Careful revival of a battle of wits

by James Hadfield

It was the title match of the decade: the rumble in the academic jungle. On May 13, 1969, literary titan Yukio Mishima strutted onstage in front of a 1,000-strong audience at the University of Tokyo to debate with representatives of the All Campus Joint ...

Is Japan enjoying a new literary golden age?

Books Jan 25, 2020

Is Japan enjoying a new literary golden age?

by Nicolas Gattig and Damian Flanagan

With more and more Japanese novels in translation achieving commercial and critical success, Nicolas Gattig and Damian Flanagan argue over whether a new wave of writers are transcending Japan's literary past.

Japanese Classics series: Vintage Classics gives timeless Japanese literature a look for the new decade

Books / Reviews | RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN Jan 3, 2020

Japanese Classics series: Vintage Classics gives timeless Japanese literature a look for the new decade

by Renae Lucas-Hall

The new Japanese Classics series from Vintage Classics presents five seminal Japanese novels, from Junichiro Tanizaki to Yoko Ozawa, with stunning cover art by Japanese illustrator Yuko Shimizu.

An invisible baseball curves through Japanese literature

Books Jan 2, 2020

An invisible baseball curves through Japanese literature

by Damian Flanagan

There's a long history of pivotal baseball anecdotes in Japanese literature, with well-known writers such as Yukio Mishima and Haruki Murakami incorporating their love of the game into their work.

'The Decay of the Angel': Overshadowed by the death of its author

Books / Reviews | ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES Oct 26, 2019

'The Decay of the Angel': Overshadowed by the death of its author

by Nicolas Gattig

In "The Decay of the Angel," Yukio Mishima concludes his "The Sea of Fertility" tetralogy with musings on modern Japan, the loss of beauty and old age.

'Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist': The brain behind the coup

Books / Reviews | RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN Sep 7, 2019

'Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist': The brain behind the coup

by Damian Flanagan

In "Mishima, Aesthetic Terrorist," Andrew Rankin takes us to the less-visited corners of Mishima's complete works, the intellectual essays that were the fount for the ideas that played themselves out in his novels.

Making sense of the oppressiveness of summer in Japan

Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Sep 1, 2019

Making sense of the oppressiveness of summer in Japan

by Damian Flanagan

Japan has a venerable tradition of quirky and inventive means of escape from the oppression of summer, as well as from rigid social constraints and conventions. Some of them take distinctly weird forms. In Edogawa Ranpo's classic story, "The Stalker in the Attic" (1925), ...

'Life for Sale': Yukio Mishima's comically psychedelic take on the adventure novel

Books Aug 31, 2019

'Life for Sale': Yukio Mishima's comically psychedelic take on the adventure novel

by Damian Flanagan

"Life for Sale" — first serialized in Weekly Playboy in 1968 — was, for long years, dismissed as mere "entertainment." Yet the surprising bestseller is a terrific example of Mishima's fecund imagination at its most free-wheeling and unfettered best.

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