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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Apr 26, 2011 6:23:49 GMT -8
Yukio Mishima....Rare 1969 Interview In English. He was later to commit suicide (1970) after a failed attempt to take over the government. Most Japanese say that it was not a real attempt, but a demonstration to get the Japanese people to wake up. (Very similar to Hitler's "Deutschland Erwach!" -- Germany Wake Up!)
He saw something "spiritual" about military service. I have never been able to see the profession of arms as spiritual, but to each his own.
Very beautiful and highly intelligent man. He was a true Nationalist for his country and loved the Japanese people and culture. He wanted his fellow Japanese to arise to their former glory.
From his perspective, he said and did what so many were afraid or too brainwashed to see. His suicide was his protest against Japan becoming westernized/adulterated/impure.
IF only Hitler had committed suicide when the Beerhaus Putz failed.
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Post by Bob Forsythe on May 11, 2011 17:31:59 GMT -8
Yukio Mishima....Rare 1969 Interview In English. He was later to commit suicide (1970) after a failed attempt to take over the government. Most Japanese say that it was not a real attempt, but a demonstration to get the Japanese people to wake up. (Very similar to Hitler's "Deutschland Erwach!" -- Germany Wake Up!) He saw something "spiritual" about military service. I have never been able to see the profession of arms as spiritual, but to each his own. Very beautiful and highly intelligent man. He was a true Nationalist for his country and loved the Japanese people and culture. He wanted his fellow Japanese to arise to their former glory. From his perspective, he said and did what so many were afraid or too brainwashed to see. His suicide was his protest against Japan becoming westernized/adulterated/impure. IF only Hitler had committed suicide when the Beerhaus Putz failed. Odd man, decent writer, in particular The Temple of the Golden Pavilion because it showed the fatalism that is an underpinning of Japanese thought - nothing lasts forever. Quite gay at a time when being gay was not widely accepted in Japan although there is a long history of it among the Samurai. I remember my Japanese Lit prof saying he had a fascination with suicide because of his first novel, which I have not read. Given his militaristic views and fatalistic outlook plus the number of Japanese authors who killed themselves, it really didn't come as all that much of a surprise that he committed seppuku especially when one considers that Kawabata was a mentor. =Bob |
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on May 18, 2011 9:22:50 GMT -8
Yukio Mishima....Rare 1969 Interview In English. He was later to commit suicide (1970) after a failed attempt to take over the government. Most Japanese say that it was not a real attempt, but a demonstration to get the Japanese people to wake up. (Very similar to Hitler's "Deutschland Erwach!" -- Germany Wake Up!) He saw something "spiritual" about military service. I have never been able to see the profession of arms as spiritual, but to each his own. Very beautiful and highly intelligent man. He was a true Nationalist for his country and loved the Japanese people and culture. He wanted his fellow Japanese to arise to their former glory. From his perspective, he said and did what so many were afraid or too brainwashed to see. His suicide was his protest against Japan becoming westernized/adulterated/impure. IF only Hitler had committed suicide when the Beerhaus Putz failed. Odd man, decent writer, in particular The Temple of the Golden Pavilion because it showed the fatalism that is an underpinning of Japanese thought - nothing lasts forever. Quite gay at a time when being gay was not widely accepted in Japan although there is a long history of it among the Samurai. I remember my Japanese Lit prof saying he had a fascination with suicide because of his first novel, which I have not read. Given his militaristic views and fatalistic outlook plus the number of Japanese authors who killed themselves, it really didn't come as all that much of a surprise that he committed seppuku especially when one considers that Kawabata was a mentor. =Bob Thanks, Bob, I appreciate your insight. |
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