Persona

by Hiroaki Sato

  Aron, Raymond (1905–83), French philosopher, journalist, 554

  Asa no tsutsuji. See Morning Azalea, The

  Asahi Graph, 521

  Asahi Journal interview of Mishima, 601

  Asahi Shinbun, 46, 49, 127, 145, 152, 155, 157, 166, 205, 221, 232, 273, 399, 408, 412, 417, 427, 443, 523, 545, 585, 640; articles rejected by, 152; essay on Genda in, 558; filed with the CIE, 152; “On Wartime Premiership” article in, 127; review of A Wonder Tale: The Moonbow, 655; review of The Suzaku, 531

  Asano Akira (1901–90), poet, 484

  Asanuma Inejirō (1898–1960), Socialist leader, 385

  Asari Keita (b. 1933), stage director, businessman, 417–18

  Ashikaga Yoshihisa (1465–89), 9th Ashikaga shogun, 147

  Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1436–90), 8th Ashikaga shogun, 133

  Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358–1408), 3rd Ashikaga shogun, 254, 255

  Asō Kazuko (1915–96), essayist, 654

  Aspects of the Novel, 680

  assassination, 108, 323, 381–408, 417, 534, 553–54, 560, 581, 594, 616, 709; of Asanuma Inejirō, 385; of high-ranking government officials, 364, 368, 369, 374, 378; by Patriotic Party member, 385; by rightwing killers, 385–89; of Shimanaka, 386

  Association for Rebuilding Japan, goals of, 341

  Association of Japanese Publishing, 102; objectives of, 101–2; “project application” requirement of, 102

  Association of Tokyo Stock Exchange Regular Members, 3; advisorship to, 4

  Atlas, Charles (1892–1972), bodybuilder, 261

  atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 108, 122, 269, 433, 497, 501, 565, 783

  Atsumi Mari (b. 1950), actress, 654

  Aury, Dominique (Anne Desclos: 1907–98), French journalist, novelist, 432

  Autumn at the Shūgakuin, The (Shūgakuin no aki), 119

  Autumn: Two Pieces, 60–61, 74

  Avantos, James (n.d.), stage director (?), 303

  Aya no tsuzumi. See Damask Drum, The

  Ayukawa Gisuke (Yoshisuke, 1880–1967), corporate executive, politician, 49

  Azekami Terui (1906–89), restaurant proprietress, 355, 357; campaign fundraising efforts of, 352–53; Mishima’s visit to, 353; purchasing of Hannya-en (mansion), 352–53; “water trade” and, 352

  Azuma Fumihiko (penname of Takashi, 1920–43), friend of Mishima, 66, 78, 101, 747–48; criticism of “Tinted Glass” by, 77–78; literary correspondence with Mishima, 77, 78–79; Mishima’s tribute to, 703–4; as writer, 78, 101, 747–48

  Azuma Hiroshi (n.d.), editor, 720

  Azuma Ryōtarō (1893–1983), governor of Tokyo, 351

  Bad Poems, 63, 496

  Baishō Mitsuko (b. 1946), actress, 654

  Bajutsu tokuhon. See Equestrian Reader, The

  Baka-hachi to hito wa iu. See They Call Me Hachi the Idiot

  Baker, Josephine (1906–75), American-born French dancer, 306

  Balanchine, George (1904–83), Russian-born choreographer, 307

  ballets in New York: Apollo, 307; Cage, The, 307; L’Apre-midi d’un faune, 307; Western Symphony, 307

  Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850), French novelist, 545, 682

  Ban Junzaburō (1908–81), comedian, 260

  Bandai Kiyoshi (n.d.), editor, 482, 483, 484, 536, 627

  Bandit, The (Tōzoku), 140, 244, 497; depiction of Yoshiko in, 184–85; Kawabata’s preface to, 168, 169

  Bandō Minosuke VI (1906–75), kabuki actor, 397

  Bandō Tamasaburō V (b. 1950), kabuki actor, 655–56

  Bangkok, Mishima’s trip to, 384, 456, 521, 522, 528–29, 799

  Bara to kaizoku. See Rose and the Pirate, The

  Bara-kei. See Rose Punishments

  Barnard, Christiaan (1922–2001), South African cardiac surgeon, 577

  Bashō. See Matsuo Bashō.

  Bataille, Georges (1897–1962), French thinker, 376, 581, 715, 790

  Baudelaire, Charles (1821–67), French poet, 498

  Bazin, André (1918–58), French film theorist, 607

  Beardsley, Aubrey (1872–97), British illustrator, 179, 360, 560–61, 788

  Beastly Entanglements (Kemono no tawamure), 362

  Beatles, The: mania, 468–69; performance at Budōkan, 468

  “Beautiful Death,” 512, 513

  Beautiful Star, The (Utsukushii hoshi), 396, 397

  “Beauty of Action, The,” 644

  Beauty’s Assaults (Bi no shūgeki), 400

  Beauvoir, Simone de (1908–86), French writer, 403

  Beckett, Samuel (1906–89), Irish writer, 436

  Beginning Dutch Learning (Rangaku koto-hajime), 445

  Benares: Kalighat, 525–26; Mishima’s description of, 521, 525–27; Manikalnika Ghat, 526–27

  Benedict, Ruth (1887–1948), American anthropologist, 566–67

  Bennett, John (1928–2005), English actor, 303

  Benten musume meo no shiranami, 350

  Berlin Crisis, 395

  Bernhardt, Sarah (1844–1923), French actress, 413

  Bernstein, Leonard (1918–1990), American composer, 306, 441, 591

  Bessel, Friedrich (1784–1846), German astronomer, 396

  Bi no shūgeki. See Beauty’s Assaults

  bi no sōransha, 570

  Bierce, Ambrose (1842–1913), American writer, 609

  Bigot, Georges (1860–1927), French cartoonist, 279

  Bikini Atoll, 335, 501

  “Birds and Beasts,” (Kinjū), 398–99

  Birth of Tragedy, The, 235

  Bitoku no yoromeki. See Virtue Falters

  Black Lizard (Kuro-tokage), 215, 216, 392–93, 557

  Blind’s Tale, The, 79–80

  blood oath, on 32nd anniversary of 2.26 Incident, 540–41

  Blue Age, The (Ao no jidai), 193, 197, 201, 244

  Blue Mountain Range, The (Aoi sanmyaku), 245

  Blum, Léon (1872–1950), French prime minster, 445

  Blyth, R. H. (1898–1964), English teacher, authority on haiku, 754

  “Boats for Feeding Hungry Ghosts” (Segaki-bune), 263–64

  bodybuilding, 260–62, 299, 325, 334, 380, 431, 437, 492, 574, 728

  Bōjō Toshitami (1917–90), writer, 61, 62, 77, 78, 96–97, 368, 481, 635; daily letter-writing to Mishima, 65–66, 717–18; “Dance” (Mai) story of, 74–75; meeting Mishima in school, 61–62; relationship with Mishima, 96–97; Spring Snow’s influence on, 635

  Bom Dia Señora, 229

  Bombs and Ginkgo (Bakudan to ichō), 673, 674

  Book of Changes, The, 41

  Book of Documents, The, 41

  Book of Five Elements (Gorin no sho), 562

  Borges Jorge, Luis (1899–1986), Argentine writer, 436

  Bōshi no hana. See “Flowers on a Hat”

  Botsford, Ann (n.d.), Keith Botsford’s wife, 303

  Botsford, Keith (b. 1928), American/European writer, 294, 300, 302, 303, 306, 308, 310; on Gorelik’s design, 302; Mishima’s reunion with, 438

  “bottle keep” custom, 468

  Bourget, Paul (1852–1935), French novelist, 510

  Bowers, Faubion (1917–99), “savior of kabuki,” 141–42, 383, 391, 431

  Bowie, David (b. 1947), English musician, 391

  Bownas, Geoffrey (1923–2011), 375

  boxing, 262, 467, 469, 492

  “Boy, The” (Shōnen), 66, 75, 174–75

  “Boy Who Writes Poems, The,” 64, 74

  Brando, Marlon (1924–2004), American actor, 303, 306, 390

  Brazil, Mishima’s trip to, 228–29; Carnival, 230; gay life, 231; Japanese immigrants, 229; at Lins, 229; at Sao Paulo, 229

  Brialy, Jean-Claude (1933–2007), French actor, director, 518

  Brilliant Backlight, The, 70–71

  Britannicus, 285, 292

  British Council, 437

  Britten, Benjamin (1913–76), British composer, 233

  Broadway plays, Mishima’s critiques of, 304–7

  Brown, Holloway (n.d.), friend of Donald Richie, 228

  B
rundage, Avery (1887–1975), American IOC president, 430

  Brunswick (gay bar), 181, 189, 209; bartender trainees at, 214; Mishima’s companions at, 214, 216

  Buck, Pearl (1892–1973), American Nobel Prize–winning writer, 435

  Buddhist postmortem limbo, 42

  Bulganin, Nikolai (1895–1975), Soviet prime minister, 501

  Bullock, Alan (1914–2004), British historian, 580

  bunbu ryōdō (both literary and martial arts), 35, 741

  Bungakukai, 256, 333, 386, 451, 582, 789; My Friend Hitler published in, 582; symposium on “overcoming modernity,” 130

  Bungaku-za, 193, 239, 262, 278, 285, 316, 360, 393; Chinese opposed Mishima’s creation of, 411; founding managers of, 193–94; left-leaning of, 411; members lost by, 414–15; Mishima as planning advisor of, 360; play (The Joyful Koto) on hold, 417; production of Sardou’s play, 414; rebuilding by Mishima, 412; resignation of Iwata from, 414–15; revolt in, 409–11; shortlisting of La Tosca, 412–13; size of, 410; tour of China, 411–12

  Bungei, 418, 515

  Bungei Bunka, 100, 131; “Imperial Declaration” in, 94; objectives of, 85; penname proposed during editorial meeting of, 91–92; poems contributed by Itō to, 105; “Spring Snow” in, 95

  Bungei Shunjū, 17, 288, 347, 394, 449, 465, 531, 559, 560, 565, 588, 593, 595; lawsuit against, 779–80; plan for “modern Japanese literature,” 565; “What Is Japan?,” 636

  bunjaku no to. See “Literary feeble fellows”

  bunraku. See jōruri

  Bunshō tokuhon, 344

  Burckhardt, Jacob (1818–97), Swiss cultural historian, 235

  Bush Warbler, The (Uguisu), 73

  “Bushidō and Militarism,” 697

  Byron, Lord (1788–1924), English poet, 233

  Bywater, Hector (1884–1940), British journalist and writer

  Cage, The, 307

  Calta, Louis (1913–90), American theater critic, 382

  Camera Geijutsu, 400

  Camp Ichigaya, 692, 693, 695, 698, 700, 706, 718

  Camp Takigahara, 486, 546, 631, 705; Mishima’s diary-keeping at, 633–34; spy training at, 549–53

  Camus, Albert (1913–60), French Nobel Prize–winning writer, 239

  Čapek, Karel (1890–1938), Czech playwright, writer, 117, 118

  Caribbean tour, 297–98

  Carmichael, Stokely (1941–89), American political leader, 577

  Carracci, Ludovico (1555–1619), Italian painter, 225

  Castro, Fidel (b. 1926), Cuban revolutionary, 403, 577

  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 349

  Cates, Clifton B. (1893–1970), US Marine Corps general, 465

  “Cdr. Hirose” (Hirose kaigun chūsa), 545

  Celtic Twilight, The, 573

  censorship, 63, 127, 138, 152; of kabuki and other plays, 140–41; of Kamakura Bunko, 151; of open sexual expression, 173; “project application” and, 102

  Chamberlain, Basil H. (1850–1935), British Japanologist, 652

  Charter Oath, 143, 144, 145, 470

  Chi to bara. See Le Sang et la Rose

  Chiang Kaishek (1887–1975), Chinese military and political leader, 649

  Chichi no bōshi. See My Father’s Hat

  Chichibu Yasuhito (1902–53), prince, major general, 368

  Chijin-ron. See On the Earthman

  Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653–1725), jōruri and kabuki writer, 117, 188, 498

  Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki. See Wonder Tale, A: The Moonbow

  Chopin, Frédéric François (1810–49), Polish composer and pianist

  Chou Enlai (1898–1976), Chinese political leader, 404

  Christianity, Shinpūren Revolt and, 470

  Chronicle of Great Peace (Taiheiki), 719

  Chrysanthemum and the Sword, The, 566–67, 568, 569, 571

  Chrysanthemum Day, 374, 556

  Chūō Kōron (company and magazine), 353, 408, 555, 563, 566; Mishima afterword to Japanese literature series by, 685–86; Enomoto Takeaki in, 531; Mishima’s taidan with Ishikawa Jun in, 706; “On Defending Culture” in, 563, 566; rightwing pressure on, 385; self-censorship by, 388; Shichirō’s short story published in, 385

  Chūsei. See “The Medieval Period”

  Ciampi, Yves (1921–82), French director, 383

  CIE. See Civil Information and Education Service

  “Cigarette, A” (Tabako), 153, 154

  “Circus” (Sākasu), 114–16, 496, 591

  City and the Pillar, The, 227, 277

  City of Night, 699

  Civil Information and Education Service, 152, 189, 199, 219, 246; censorship of kabuki and other plays, 140–41

  class composition, 37

  class system, 695; after collapse of Tokugawa rule, 24

  Claudel, Paul (1868–1955), French diplomat, writer, 204

  Clausewitz Carl, von (1780–1831), Prussian military theorist, 553, 788

  Cocteau, Jean (1889–1963), French poet, artist, 180, 281, 350, 383

  Colette (1873–1954), French novelist, 518

  Collection of Corals, 676

  Collection of Poems for a Week, 64

  Comedie Française, 213, 413

  comic books. See manga

  communism, 161, 165–66, 198, 339, 366, 529, 581, 657, 768; Mishima’s opposition to, 534, 553, 570, 600–601, 620; opposition to US war against, 516; rise of, in China, 223; suppression of, 581. See also anticommunism

  Communist Party, China, 223

  Communist Party, Japan, 72, 198, 485, 516, 538, 548, 616, 618–19, 694, 768; agitation against The Joyful Koto, 416–17; nationwide rallies organized by, 616, 639; revolt against Chinese Communist Party by, 516; Zengakuren split with, 514, 534

  Conde, David (1906–?), US Occupation officer, 247

  Conde, Raymond (1916–2003), Filipino-Japanese musician, 347

  Conder, Josiah (1852–1920), British architect, 279

  Confessions of a Mask (Kamen no kokuhaku), 7, 12, 16, 19, 41, 99, 108, 109, 124, 157, 158, 159, 244, 333, 438; demotic title of, 172–73; depiction of love for Kuniko in, 185–86; depiction of Maizuru in, 260; English translation of, by Weatherby, 227, 275; epigraph in, 171–72; Fukuda’s afterword to, 192; glass cover for, 704; Hanada Kiyoteru’s review of, 177–78; Hirschfeld’s reference in, 181–82; homosexual yearnings in, 174–78; initial response to, 175; I-novel format selection for, 169–70; Jinzai’s review of, 176–77; limited luxury edition of, 704; manuscript submission for, 171; narrative gap in, 179; notes on kissing Kuniko in, 183–84; opinions of writers and critics on, 177; pricing of, 202; reality and fiction in, discrepancies between, 183–88; self-advertisement for, 172; sexual confession in, 172–74

  Conflagration (Enjō), 322

  Confusion of Feelings, 190

  Constant Nymph, The, 239

  Constitution of Japan. See Japanese Constitution; Constitutional revision; MacArthur Constitution; Shōwa Constitution

  Control Faction, 369, 370

  Cooper, Duff (1890–1954), British politician, 437 Corpse and Treasure, The (Shibito to takara), 195

  Counterrevolution Manifesto, 600–604

  Countess of Ségur, Sophie (1799–1874), French writer, 687

  Country Girls, The, 438

  Cranach, Lucas (1472–1553), German painter, 687

  Creemers, Wilhelmus (n.d.), historian, 754

  Criticism of Lyricism (Jojō no hihan), 379, 380

  Cros, Guy-Charles (1879–1919), French poet, 90

  Crossing All the Bridges (Hashi-zukushi), 347

  Crouse, Russell (1893–1966), American playwright, librettist, 304

  Cuban Missile Crisis, 388

  Cultural Revolution, 515; Joyful Koto, The and, 516; slogans of, 593; Yamamoto Kiyokatsu’s fear from, 542

  Dahl, Robert (b. 1915), American political scientist, 568

  Daibosatsu Pass Incident, 641–42

  Daiei Studio, 322

  Daigo Fukuryū Maru, 336

  Daiichi no sei. See First Sex, The

  Daiichi Seimei Building, 140
, 329

  Daimatsu Hirobumi (1921–78), volleyball coach, 403–4, 571

  Dai-Tōa Sensō kōtei-ron. See Affirming the Greater East-Asian War

  Dali, Salvador (1904–89), Spanish painter, 506

  Damask Drum, The (Aya no tsuzumi), 285, 294–97, 412

  Damie garasu. See “Tinted Glass”

  Dan Ikuma (1924–2001), composer, 555

  Dan Kazuo (1912–76), novelist, 190–91

  “Dance” (Mai), 74, 75

  dandyism, 16–18, 691, 694

  d’Annunzio, Gabriele (1863–1938), Italian writer, soldier, 435, 444–47

  Daolong. See Dōryū

  Darkness in Summer (Natsu no yami), 444

  Darrieux, Danielle (b. 1917), French actress, 383

  Date Munekatsu (1928–88), journalist, 584, 669, 721, 732, 735; Mishima’s letter to, 708–9

  Daudet, Alphonse (1840–97), French novelist, 520

  Dazai Osamu (1909–48), novelist, 261, 273, 275, 335, 498, 519, 601, 632, 662, 759; background of, 160–61; literary encounter with Mishima, 161–64; reputation and image of, 164; “self-caricaturization” in works of, 160; suicide of, 170

  de Gaulle, Charles (1890–1970), French president, 548, 554

  de Noailles, Anna (1876–1933), French poet, 675, 676

  de Paul, Gene (1919–88), American composer, 305

  Dean, James (1931–55), American actor, 303, 766

  death, thoughts on, 495–508, 590–92

  death and eroticism, 358, 376, 377, 591–92

  “Death by Drowning,” 592

  “Death in Midsummer” (Manatsu no shi), 210

  “Death of Baldassare Silvande, The,” 117, 118

  Debussy, Claude-Achille (1862–1918), French composer, 307

  decadence: and national defense, 560–63; special issue of Hihyō on, 560–61

  Decadent Art, 561

  Decay of the Angel, The (Tennin gosui), 685, 700, 701

  Decline and Fall of the Suzaku, The (Suzaku-ke no metsubō), 136, 529–32

  Deer Cry Hall. See Rokumeikan, The

  Deer Garden Temple. See Kinkakuji

  del Rio, Dolores (1905–83), Mexican actress, 303, 304

  Delon, Alain (b. 1935), French actor, 404, 562

  DeMille, Cecil B. (1881–1959), American film director, 304

  Democratic Youth League, 596

  Den Hideo (1923–2009), journalist, politician, 535, 580

  Descent of Winter, The, 580

  Desiderio da Settignano (1428?–64), Italian sculptor and painter, 560

  Dewey, John (1859–1952), American philosopher, educator, 169

  Diable au corps, Le, 80, 236, 237, 423