by Hiroaki Sato
Diasalmata, 319
Dickinson, Emily (1830–86), American poet, 557
Diego Suarez attack, 644
disembowelment. See seppuku
“Distance-Riding Club” (Tōnorikai), 204, 219
Divine State’s Tie-Dye Castle (Shinshū Kōketsu-jō), 680
Dodge, Joseph (1890–1964), American banker, 198, 202, 780
“Dodge Line,” 198, 202
dōjō, 329–30, 464, 465
Dōmoto Masaki (b. 1933), playwright, director, 440, 502
Dōryū (Daolong: 1213–78), Chinese monk who emigrated to Japan, 271
double suicide, 170, 185, 188, 208, 496–99, 513
Double-Yang Day, 374
Douglas, Lord Alfred (1870–1945), British author, 360
Douglas, William O. (1898–1980), US Supreme Court justice, 755
draft card, 14; induction notice, 16; private second class, 15
draft physicals, 100; conscription age for, in 1944, 10; Hiraoka Kimitake’s turn for weight lifting, 11–12; at Kakogawa Town Hall, 11; orientation for, 10; passing grades, 12; rice-bag-lifting test of strength, 11, 13; at Shikata, 9–10; written test and vision test, 12
“Dream and Life,” 403
“Drunkard Has Come Back, The,” 571
“Duke of Portland,” 611, 680
Durbin, Deanna (b. 1921), American singer and actress, 75
Dutch learning, 33, 445–46, 776
Dutt, R. Palme (1896–1974), British Communist theoretician, 339, 554
East Maizuru, 260
“Eastern Army,” 692, 693, 695, 718, 730
East-West dichotomy, 559
Economic Planning Agency, annual “white paper” on economy, 288
Eden, Anthony (1897–1977), British prime minister, 501
Edo Period, 22, 23, 201, 366, 367, 475, 605, 612; chigo game popularity during, 62; Dutch-Japanese trade relations during, 445; National Learning toward end of, 366; surnames of commoners during, 22–23
Edogawa Ranpo (Hirai Tarō; 1894–1965), writer of detective stories, 216, 392
Eguchi Hatsujo oboegaki. See “Memorandum on Eguchi Hatsu-jo, A”
Eiga Geijutsu, 343, 562, 610, 701, 702
Eirei no koe. See “Voices of the Heroic Souls”
Eirei no zekkyō. See Screams of Heroic Souls
Eisenhower, Dwight (1890–1996), US president, 501
Ellis, Havelock (1859–1939), British psychologist, 180
Endō Shūsaku (1923–96), novelist, 519, 673
Enemy Below, The, 324
Enjō. See Conflagration
Enomoto Takeaki (1836–1908), admiral, 33, 34, 531–32
ephebophiles, 181
Equestrian Reader, The (Bajutsu tokuhon), 711
eroticism, 338, 460, 575, 582, 620, 663, 681, 715–16; and death, 358, 376, 377, 576–77, 591–92
espionage, lecture on, 549–50
Esquire, 592
Esquire, The (dance hall), 5, 6
Establishment of the Teaching for the Protection of the Country (Risshō ankoku-ron), 371
Esugai no kari. See “Yisugei’s Hunt”
Etō Jun (1932–99), literary critic, 334, 340, 649
Etō Shinpei (1934–74), politician, 472
Euripides (c. 480–406 b.c.), Greek tragedian, 530
Europe, Mishima’s trip to, 383–84
Europeanization, 523, 591
“Expel the Barbarians,” 35, 470, 647, 700
extraterrestrials, 396
F-104 flight, 578–79
“Fall of the House of Usher, The,” 84, 345
Fall of Tōdai, The (Tōdai rakujō), 595, 597
farm bill, 49–50
Fascism, 338–40, 701
Fascism and Social Revolution, 339
Fatherland Defense Corps: fundraising for, 537–38; JNG and, 536–37; longer version of, 537; Mishima’s blueprint for, 542; pamphlet on importance of, 536–37, 541; reservations of, about Mishima’s idea, 543; Yamamoto Kiyokatsu and, 541–44
Faulkner, William (1897–1961), American Nobel Prize–winning writer, 287, 435
Faure, Edgar (1908–88), French prime minister, 501
“Favorite,” 83
Fellini, Federico (1920–93), Italian film director, 707
Fels, Florent (1893–1977), French Dadaist, 520
Femmes Damnées, 237
Feuillère, Edwige (1907–98), French actress, 237
Feynman, Richard (1918–88), American physicist, 457
Finnegans Wake, 345
First Haneda Incident, 533, 541–42
First Sex, The (Daiichi no sei), 403, 404
Fissure, The (Kiretsu), 333
5.15 Incident, 388
Flaubert, Gustave (1821–80), French novelist, 319
Fleischmann, Julius (1900–1968), American philanthropist, 290–91
“Flowers on a Hat” (Bōshi no hana), 394
flying saucers, 396
Fond of Young Women: The Sash-Taking Pond (Musume-gonomi obitori-no-ike), 347
Fonda, Henry (1905–82), American actor
Fontaine, Joan (b. 1917), American actress, 239
Fonteyn, Margot (1919–91), English ballerina, 438
Forbidden Colors (Kinjiki), 210, 211, 213, 227, 243, 244, 328, 474; homosexual theme of, 209; Part II of, 207; serialization of, 207, 208
Forest in Full Bloom, The (Hanazakari no mori; story and collection) 31, 45, 52, 96, 100, 102, 116, 147, 148, 243; challenges faced in publication of, 102–3; decadence and aestheticism of stories in, 118; depiction of marriages between samurai and aristocratic families in, 45; depiction of Natsuko’s illness in, 42–43; five stories in, 112; Fuji’s interest in, 101; as gift to Makoto, 111; half-a-year waiting period during, 107; lauding Itō in afterword of, 106; name typo in, 111; publication in Bungei Bunka, 84–85; publication permission for, 104; Rilke-esque story of, 89–91; request for Itō’s laudatory preface to, 104, 105–6
Formentor Literary Prize, 436–37
Forster, E. M. (1879–1970), English novelist, 680
Fourth Defense Plan, 658, 659
Francois-Poncet, André (1887–1968), French politician, diplomat, 498
Frank, Melvin (1913–88), American screenwriter, 305
Frazer, James George (1854–1941), Scottish social anthropologist, 451
Frechtman, Bernard (n.d.), American translator, 273
French Romantic plays, staging of, 413
French student movement, Mishima’s assessment of, 554
Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939), Austrian psychoanalyst, 180
Fudōtoku kyōiku kōza. See Lectures on Unethical Education
Fuji Junko (b. 1945), actress, 721
Fuji Masaharu (1913–87), poet, novelist, 31; on Hayashi Fujima’s poetry, 100–101; letter to Hasuda, 101
Fujii Hiroaki (n.d.), film producer, 440, 442–43
Fujin Asahi, 348
Fujin Club, 394
Fujin Kōron, 197, 335, 344, 424, 517
Fujiwara (Nijō) Sadatame (n.d.), poet, 720
Fujiwara Ginjirō (1869–1960), businessman, politician: as “administrative inspector,” 103; as Minister of Commerce and Industry, 104; sense of indebtedness to Sadatarō of, 95–96
Fujiwara Iwaichi (1908–86), army general, 541, 653, 671, 787
Fujiwara no Takasue’s daughter (b. 1108), poet, 403
Fujiwara no Teika (Sadaie, 1162–1241), poet, 401
Fukazawa Shichirō (1914–87), musician, writer 281, 385; as author of On the Narayama Song, 360; withdrawal from literary world by, 387–88
Fukuda Nobuyuki (1921–94), physicist, 553
Fukuda Takeo (1905–95), prime minister, 559
Fukuda Tsuneari (1912–94), Shakespearean translator, playwright, stage director, 177, 192, 205, 316, 410, 558; arguments of, with Mishima, 414; betrayal of Bungaku-za, 409–11; complaint against, 410; as JCC charter member, 558; manifesto of, 414
Fukuhara Ryōjirō (1868–1932), politician, 26
Fukunaga Takehiko (1918�
�79), student of French literature, novelist, 258
Fukushima Jirō (1930–2006), writer, 208, 328–29, 460, 473, 476; association with Araki by, 474; lawsuit against, 779–80; making love with Mishima, 209–10, 474; as Mishima’s factotum, 209–10; on model for Yūichi, 211; stay at Imai Beach with Mishima, 210
Fukushima Masanori (1561–1624), warrior–commander, 733
Fukuzatsuna kare. See He, The Complicated One
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835–1901), educator, 366, 531
Funae Fujio (n.d.), 8, 10; Hiraoka Kimitake and, 10–11, 13–14; induction order and physical education of, 15; on induction chances of Hiraoka, 15
Funahashi Seiichi (1904–76), novelist, 677
Funakoshi Eiji (1923–2007), actor, 351
Funasaka Hiroshi (1920–2006), bookseller, writer, 464; books on Palau battles, 467; gift of sword to Mishima by, 478–79, 780; part of Kwangtung Army, 466; survivor of Battle of Angaur, 465
Funasaka Yoshio (n.d.), Hiroshi’s son, 479
fund raising, 342, 353
fundoshi, 474, 476, 620
Funktionär, 339
Furubayashi Takashi (1927–98), literary critic, 717; background of, 716; series of talks with writers of “the postwar school” by, 714; taidan with Mishima, 714–17
Furuichi Kimitake (1854–1934), civil engineer, professor, 24–25
Fūryū mutan. See “Tale of a Stylish Dream”
fuseji censorship, 63, 151
Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875–1946), prince, 368
Futabatei Shimei (1864–1909), translator of Russian literature, novelist, 273–74
Futon, 177, 178
Fuyugeshiki. See “Winterscape”
gagaku, 633, 634
Gakusei Shakai Kagaku Rengōkai (Gakuren; Students Federation of Social Science), 406
Gakushūin. See Peers School
Galbraith, John Kenneth (1908–2006), American economist, 224–25
Gallagher, Michael (b. 1930), American translator of Japanese literature: background of, 673–74; experiences with Kamagasaki and Tōdai, 674; translation of Spring Snow by, Mishima’s reaction to, 688; translation of The Sea and Poison by, 673
Gamble in Don’s Honor (Sōchō tobaku), 605, 609; influence on yakuza films of, 606–7; Mishima’s assessment of, 607
Gandhi, Indira (1917–84), Indian prime minister, 521–22
Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948), Indian political leader, 475
Garbo, Greta (1905–90), Swedish actress, 383
gay bars, 213, 217–18, 227, 230–31, 423, 442, 467, 473–74; Brunswick, 181, 209, 214–15; Redon, 209, 328; in Saint Germain, 231; by Shinjuku Station, 215–16
“Gefährlich,” 318
Geiger, Roy S. (1885–1947), US Marine Corps general, 465
Geijutsu Shinchō, 349
Geistesgeschichte, 121, 563
Gelber, Jack (1932–2003), American playwright, 383
Gélin, Daniel (1921–2002), French actor, 236
Genda Minoru (1904–89), general, politician, 558
“General, The” (Shōgun), 648
Genghis Khan (1162?–1227), Mongolian conqueror, 115
Genjū-an no ki. See Record of a Phantom Hut
Genroku Era (1688–1704), 22–23, 117
Gentile, Giovanni (1874–1944), Italian philosopher, 339
German Expressionism, 414
German-USSR Non-aggression Treaty, 352
Gettan-sō kitan. See “Strange Tale of the Pale-Moon Villa, The”
“Gewalt struggle,” 533
ghostwriting, 397–404, 773
Gianni Schicchi (opera), 225–26
Gide, André (1869–1951), French author, 180, 518
Gielgud, John (1904–2000), English actor, 439
Ginsberg, Allen (1926–97), American poet, 525
Gionji, 259
Giorgione (1477/8–1510), Venetian painter, 689
Giovanni Aldini, 384
Giraudoux, Jean (1882–1944), French novelist, diplomat: influence on Katō Michio, 239
Godzilla (Gojira), 336
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832), German writer, politician, 451
Gogo no eikō. See Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, The
Gold, Herbert (b. 1924), American novelist, 436
“Golden Death” (Konjiki no shi), Mishima’s commentary on, 686–87, 714
Golden Pavilion, The (Kinkakuji), 247, 254, 264, 322, 335, 429; English translation of, 272; information gathering efforts for, 259–60, 262–63; Kobayashi Hideo’s review of, 265; movie based on, 322, 429; Murayama’s version of, 286; protagonist of, motive of, 266–68; sales of, 272, 282; serialization of, initial reaction to, 263; Yomiuri Literary Prize for, 283
Gombrowicz, Witold (1904–69), Polish novelist, 582
Gorelik, Mordecai (1899–1990), theater designer, 302
Gorin no sho. See Book of Five Elements
Gosha Hideo (1929–92), film director, 681; Kill! (Hitokiri) movie of, 614–16
Gotō (née Toyoda) Sadako (b. 1935), 283, 286; dating Mishima, 248–49, 263; depiction of, in The Sunken Waterfall, 250; ends affair with Mishima, 262–64; last meeting with Mishima, 286; Mishima’s letter to, 259, 262–63; Yuasa Atsuko’s assessment of affair of, 263
Gotō Shōjirō (1838–97), politician, 113
Götterdämmerung, disappearance of, 684
Gracq, Julien (1910–2007), French writer, 718
Grass, Günter (b. 1927), German novelist, 381
Great Ansei Persecution, 33
“Great East Asia War and Japanese Literature, The,” 120–21
Great History of Male Love (Nanshoku ōkagami), 188
Great Kantō Earthquake, 8, 41, 709
Great Mirror, The, 79, 80
“Great People’s Manner of Death,” 710
Greece, Mishima’s trip to, 233–35
Greek tragedy: asymmetrical beauty of, 234; verse drama starting with, 235–36
Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF), 489, 495, 536, 537, 669, 690, 703; cost-cutting measures of, 631; domestic security matters and, 542, 589; Eastern headquarters of, 551; JNG Headquarters as conduit to the, 536–37; large-scale exercise of, at the Fuji School, 651; Mishima joining, 540; Mishima’s thoughts on, 490–91, 494, 513, 522, 697; munitions depot of, plan to seize, 692; training at, 485, 486, 488, 546–47, 551, 563, 603, 625; Yamamoto retired from, 542
GSDF Research School, 541, 542
Guadalcanal, Battle of, 127, 133, 378, 497
guerrilla warfare, 642, 697; lecture session on, 594; training at Camp Takigahara, 594
Guevara, Ernesto “Che” (1928–67), Argentine revolutionary, 629
Gunzō, 361, 394; Mishima’s works published in, 164
gyokusai, 98
Gyp (Sibylle Gabrielle Marie Antoinette Riqueti de Mirabeau; 1849–1932), French writer, 520
Hachi no Ki Kai, 317; members of, 205; origin of name of, 205–6
Hachi no ki. See Potted Tree, The
Haga Mayumi (1903–91), student of German literature, 564
Hagakure, 401, 460, 495, 501, 511, 512, 566, 637, 683; during war, 510; meaning of, 509, 784;
Hagiwara Sakutarō (1887–1942), poet, 104
Hague Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, 537
Haguro Masumi, 396, 397
Hai no kisetsu. See Season of Ashes, The
haiku, 152, 194, 206, 277, 499, 674; by Mishima, 64, 73, 279
Haiku, 674
Hailstones That Faded on My Palms (Waga te ni kieshi arare), 675
Hakozaki Shrine, 558
Hakubyō. See Line-Drawing
Hamamatsu Chūnagon monogatari. See Tale of Middle Councilor Hamamatsu, The
Hamlet, 409, 410
Hammarskjöld, Dag (1905–61), UN Secretary General, 394, 585
Hanada Kiyoteru (1909–74), journalist, novelist, 177
Hanai Takuzō (n.d.), lawyer, 30
Hanazakari no mori. See “Forest in Full Bloom, The”
Hani Gorō (1901–83), Mar
xist historian, 150, 534
Haniya Yutaka (1909–97), novelist, 189, 592
Hanjo, 235, 286, 294, 382
Happy Hunting, 304
Hara o kiru koto. See “To Cut His Stomach”
Hara Setsuko (b. 1920), actress, 245
Hara Takashi (1856–1921), prime minister, 554, 668
Hara Yūichi (n.d.), army colonel, 726
Harada Masahiko (b. 1943), boxer, 469
Harada Ryūki (n.d.), poet, 160
Harburg, E. Y. (1896–1981), American songwriter, 306
Harris, Townsend (1804–78), first US Consul General in Japan, 45
Harrison, Rex (1908–90), English actor, 304–5
Haru no isogi. See Spring Hurries
Haru no yuki. See Spring Snow
Haru to shura. See Spring and Asura
Haruki Makoto (1912–45), army major, 693
“Haruko,” 164, 165
Hasegawa Kazuo (1908–84), actor, 133
Hasegawa Shin (1884–1963), novelist, playwright, 605
Hashi Ippa (n.d.), Mishima’s maternal great-great-grandfather, 40
Hashi Kendō (1823–81), Mishima’s maternal great-grandfather, 40
Hashi Kenzō (1861–1944), Mishima’s maternal grandfather, 40
Hashi Tomiko (b. 1875), Mishima’s maternal grandmother, 20, 68
Hashikawa Bunzō (1922–83), political scientist, 580; criticism of “On Defending Culture,” 570; influence on Mishima of, 565–66, 789; Mishima’s biography by, 565–66; Mishima’s interest in works of, 564, 568; reviews of Kyōko’s House by, 564–65
Hashimoto Shinobu (b. 1918), film scriptwriter, director, 615
Hashi-zukushi. See Crossing All the Bridges
Hasuda Toshiko (n.d.), Zenmei’s wife,
Hasuda Zenmei (1904–45), student of Japanese literature, critic, 84, 85, 95, 101, 473, 474; essay on Prince Ōtsu by, 676; fracas over Naval Battle, 87; influence of, on Mishima, 91, 676–77; letter to Mishima for book publishing, 101; literary work and his death, disconnect between, 676–77; National Learning and, 86–89; salvo against Niwa by, 87–88; service in the army of, 88; violent action and death of, 88; on writer of “The Forest in Full Bloom,” 89
Hasuda Zenmei and His Death (Hasuda Zenmei to sono shi), 677
Hata family, 9
Hatanaka Kenji (1912–45), army major, 514
Hatano Akira (1911–2002), commissioner of Metropolitan Police, 597
Hatano Sōha (1923–91), haiku poet, 674
Hatoyama Ichirō (1883–1959), prime minister, 342
Hatoyama Yukio (b. 1947), prime minister, 665
Hayashi Fujima (1914–2001), poet, physician, 100
Hayashi Fusao (1903–75), novelist, 100, 168, 178, 407, 408, 430, 475, 482, 537, 557, 616, 657; after Japan’s defeat, 404; arrest of, 405; fame and popularity of, 165; and Marxism, 405–6; meeting with Mishima by, 165–66; Mishima’s views on, 407–8; stories written by, 166; views of, on “sentiments” and “thought,” 406