In this episode of our series on the life of Yukio Mishima, we follow Mishima as he grapples with the psychological consequences of Japan’s defeat and the death of his sister, and as he goes on to become the most widely-acclaimed author in post-war Japanese society. 

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Works Cited

Inose, Naoki, and Hiroaki Sato. PERSONA: a Biography of Yukio Mishima. Stone Bridge Press, 2020.

Nathan, John. Mishima: a Biography. Little, Brown, and Company, 1974.

Stokes, Henry Scott. The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995.

Mishima, Yukio. Confessions of a Mask. New Directions, 1958.