• Death in Midsummer and Other Stories is a 1966 collection of English translations of stories by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The book takes its name...
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  • in 1956. Seidensticker's translation re-appeared in a 1966 collection of Mishima short stories in 1966, titled Death in Midsummer and Other Stories,...
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  • Death in Midsummer may refer to: Death in Midsummer (short story), a 1952 short story by Yukio Mishima Death in Midsummer and Other Stories, a 1966 anthology...
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  • The Sea of Fertility (category Novels set in Tokyo)
    Matsugae, and Honda's attempts to save them from the early deaths to which they seem to be condemned by karma. This results in both personal and professional...
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  • in Japanese in 1963 and translated into English by John Nathan in 1965. The story follows the actions of Noboru Kuroda, an adolescent boy living in Yokohama...
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  • from a screenplay by his brother Leonard and Leonard's wife Chieko Schrader from a story by Paul Schrader and Jun Shiragi. The film interweaves episodes...
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  • Confessions of a Mask (category Novels set in Tokyo)
    is raised, and is thus not exposed to the norm. His isolation likely led to his future fascinations and fantasies of death, violence, and same-sex intercourse...
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    in: Death in Midsummer and Other Stories, New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1966 Modern Japanese Stories, Charles E. Tuttle, 1962 Thought and Behaviour...
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  • Sun and Steel: Art, Action and Ritual Death (Japanese: 太陽と鉄, Hepburn: Taiyō to Tetsu) is a book by Yukio Mishima. It is an autobiographical essay, a memoir...
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  • The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (category Arson in Asia)
    takes him to the Kinkaku-ji in the spring of 1944, and introduces him to the Superior, Tayama Dosen. After his father's death, Mizoguchi becomes an acolyte...
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots...
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  • Chūōkōron-sha in December 1960. The story of Patriotism centers around the experiences of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his young wife, Reiko, and their ritualistic...
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  • by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The book tells the interconnected stories of four young men who represent different facets of the author's personality...
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  • Tatenokai (category Political organizations based in Japan)
    Society was a private militia in Japan dedicated to traditional Japanese values and veneration of the Emperor. It was founded and led by author Yukio Mishima...
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  • Love and Death (憂國, Yūkoku) is a 1966 Japanese short film directed by Yukio Mishima. It is based on Mishima's short story "Patriotism", published in 1960...
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    Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer occurring near the date of the summer solstice which is known in solar reckoning as the mid-point of...
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  • Forbidden Colors (category Novels set in Japan)
    Kaburagi are played against each other for Yuichi's affection. Life and Death: Shunsuke is obsessed with death and feels it is more powerful than life...
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  • house of her in-laws following the death of her husband Ryosuke from typhoid. There she falls into a physical relationship with her father-in-law (Yakichi)...
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    Spring Snow (category Novels set in Tokyo)
    between Tokyo and Kamakura in secret. Kiyoaki has a third major prophetic dream. The Thai princes receive a letter informing them of the death of Ying Chan...
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    Yukio Mishima (category 20th-century Japanese short story writers)
    in literature, and often ripped his son's manuscripts apart. Although Azusa forbade him to write any further stories, Mishima continued to write in secret...
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  • The Sound of Waves (category Novels set in Japan)
    with his master, Jukichi Oyama, and another apprentice, Ryuji. Things change when Terukichi Miyata, after the death of his son, decides to bring back...
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    major theme is "madness disguised as sanity," in other words, the notion that "even among the most calm and sane human beings, there is more ruthlessness...
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  • Yukio Mishima bibliography (category Dramatist and playwright bibliographies)
    1949 Kaibutsu (怪物 The Monster), 1950 Manatsu no Shi (真夏の死 Death in Midsummer and other stories), 1953 — includes Patriotism Hashi-zukushi (橋づくし The Seven...
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  • The Decay of the Angel (category Works originally published in Shinchō)
    the house in Hongō and is receiving lessons in table manners and other social skills. Honda is eager to protect him from premature death and tries to inculcate...
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  • Mishima, but they held a mutual respect for each other, and Yourcenar did visit Mishima's widow after his death. Publishers Weekly wrote that Yourcenar successfully...
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  • Runaway Horses (category Novels set in Japan)
    aristocratic schoolfriend whose story was told in Spring Snow. Realising that Isao too seems to be hurtling towards a "picturesque" death, he makes strenuous efforts...
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  • The Moon in the Water: Understanding Tanizaki, Kawabata, and Mishima is a 1979 non-fiction book by Gwenn Boardman Petersen, published by University of...
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  • Life for Sale (category Novels set in Tokyo)
    2019. Barnett, David (25 July 2019). "The life and death of Yukio Mishima: A tale of astonishing elegance and emotional brutality". The Independent. Archived...
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  • A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 fantasy romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Michael Hoffman, based on the 1600 play of the same...
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  • none other than her brother-in-law the Marquis de Sade. Anne then proceeds to tell her mother that she was having an affair with the Marquis and that...
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