This film beautifully depicts a man trying to rise from ruin and the beautiful Mt.

I had never heard of this work until I picked up this book, but I think it was a very good first encounter with Dazai's work. I could vividly feel the difference between Dazai's and Mishima's writing styles.

It is also very easy to read, with only about 30 pages.

As an introduction to Dazai, this work may be an apt one.

This is a good short story that I would highly recommend.

Yukio Mishima embarked on a round-the-world trip at the end of 1951 as a special correspondent for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. The travelogue of this trip became "Apollo's Cup.

Mishima enjoyed the ruins and art of Athens and Delphoi, and wrote about his thoughts in his travel journal. He visited many places during his round-the-world trip, but his impressions of these places clearly stand out.

And this is very interesting because it frankly describes what Mishima thought about Greek art and how it influenced his own view of literature and life.

The Cup of Apollo" is filled with Mishima's original Greek and Roman experiences. It is also a very informative work for understanding Mishima's literature and way of life.

What kind of days did that Mishima spend as a young man, and how was he able to enter the literary world? This is very interesting. The episode of his first meeting with Osamu Dazai is particularly interesting, and the composition of Mishima vs. Dazai is clearly described here. Even the differences in literary styles between the two men are discussed, and this part alone is a very extravagant episode.

And as I quoted in my previous article on "Tidal Wave," I was most impressed by the episode about Yukio Mishima's first round-the-world trip in his life. He started his round-the-world trip at the end of 1951 as a special correspondent for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. This episode, in which Yukio Mishima discovered the very sun, had a meaning that would later define Mishima's literature.

The Tidal Wave" is a novel of peace and tranquility, and is so different from Mishima's work that it is described as "exceptional for this writer, in that it is a world where crime and the smell of blood are kept out.

The setting is an isolated island called Utajima in the sea of Ise. On this beautiful island, separated from the mainland, the story is told of the pure love of two young people.

Yukio Mishima is often associated with the gruesome interior depictions of "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" and "Confessions of a Mask" and the gushing blood of "Melancholy". However, he could also write pure, innocent, Disney-like works such as "Tidal Wave.

That Yukio Mishima wrote a Disneyesque piece."

For me, this was quite a shock.

After all, what was that Tokyo University Zenkyoto...what was the difference from the students who holed up in the Yasuda Auditorium and threw Molotov cocktails, or the sects who repeatedly engaged in internal rebellions...?

I could not for the life of me figure this out. Who were these people who debated with Yukio Mishima? Were they also engaged in internal strife and violence...?

This book has been too gratifying for me to have such questions.

This is an amazing book. This book is the text of 15 hours of intense discussion. This book is the best resource to learn what the Zenkyoto of Tokyo University was all about and what the discussion with Yukio Mishima was about. I highly recommend this book to get a feel for the atmosphere of this era.

The current work, "Confessions of a Mask," is Yukio Mishima's first full-length work. Moreover, despite being such a "beginning work," this novel is quite grim. The inner anguish, conflict, and storm that foreshadowed Mishima's later works are already depicted here.

The protagonist of this work is a peculiar boy who has homosexual tendencies and is even sexually aroused by the blood spilled by young men. But he also agonizes over it and desires the happiness of the world in general.

But still, he was not allowed such peace...

This work has been called an autobiographical novel by Yukio Mishima. Mishima himself had a wife and children, so it is not completely the same as the novel, but it is said that the problems he had and his upbringing had a great influence on this work.

The essays in this book are filled with Yukio Mishima's humor.

I read this essay after reading "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" and "Melancholy Country," and I was surprised at how interesting Yukio Mishima is! I read this essay after reading "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" and "Melancholy Country," and I was surprised at how interesting Yukio Mishima is.

Also included in the second half of the book is Yukio Mishima's Muscle Theory.

Mishima began his physical transformation in his thirties, working on body building. One of the best parts of this book is that you can listen to Mishima's muscle theory. The aesthetics of Mishima's muscles are fascinating! Considering the recent muscle boom, it is not surprising that Mishima's muscle theory has developed into a kind of movement.

Bushido is found in death.

Yukio Mishima loved "Hagakure," the book from which everyone knows these words, all his life. Three years after he published this work, he himself committed suicide, just like a samurai. There is no doubt that this book had an extraordinary influence on Mishima.

In particular, the phrase "Bushido is found in dying" itself is a paradox that symbolizes the entire book. I found in it the greatest reason why this book gives me the strength to live. These words seem to express the essence of what Mishima received from this book.

This book contains the secrets of Yukio Mishima's life, which was so spectacular. I highly recommend "An Introduction to Hagakure" together with "Melancholy".