Persona

by Hiroaki Sato

  Hayashi Kentarō (1913–2004), historian, 593; house arrest of, 593; as JCC charter member, 558

  Hayashi Shōken (Yōken, 1929–56), arsonist of Kinkakuji, 265, 268; confession of, 254; death of, 266; failed suicide attempt of, 266; hometown of, 260

  Hayashi Takeshi (1896–1975), painter, 558

  Hayek, Friedrich August von (1899–1992), Austrian economist, 538

  Hayes, Robert (1942–2002), Olympic sprinter, football player, 428–29

  He, The Complicated One (Fukuzatsuna kare), 467

  Heibon Punch, 480, 488, 493, 547, 548, 561, 577, 582, 608

  Heidegger, Martin (1889–1976), German philosopher, 381, 416, 426, 648

  Heifetz, Jascha (1901–87), American violinist, 248–49

  Hemingway, Ernest (1899–1961), American Nobel-Prize-winning author, 287, 508

  Henderson, Harold G. (1889–1974), American haiku writer, 144, 754

  Henry, Patrick (1736–99), American politician, 694

  Herald Tribune, 337

  Hersh, Seymour (b. 1937), American journalist, 654

  Heso to genbaku. See Navel and the Atomic Bomb, The

  Hibiya Town Hall, 385, 386

  Hidaka Rokurō (b. 1917), sociologist, 534

  Hidden Fortress, The, 438

  Higashikumi Naruhiko (1887–1990), prince, prime minister, 368; imperial emissaries of, 14; as prime minister following Japan’s defeat, 13–14

  Higashikuni Toshihiko, 229

  Highlands (Kōgen), 675

  Higuchi Ichiyō (1872–96), novelist, 236

  Higyō. See Secret Drug, The

  Hihyō, 444, 446, 503, 515, 560, 561, 572, 688

  Hiiro Tomoe (b. 1941), actress, 494

  Hijikata Tatsumi (1928–86), dancer, 400

  Hikari (Light) Club, 197

  Hikōki yarōtachi. See Aeroplane Dudes, The

  Hinatsu Kōnosuke (1890–1971), student of English literature, poet, 345, 360

  Hino Ashihei (1907–60), novelist: as a “soldier writer,” 220; visit to “Police Reserve Force,” 220

  Hinuma Rintarō (1925–68), literary critic, 502–3

  Hirahara Kazuo (n.d.), army general, 541, 543

  Hiraizumi (née Kajima) Mieko (n.d.), 217, 307, 308, 310; at Brunswick with Mishima, 214, 216; at Kanetaka’s party, 213–14

  Hiraizumi Kiyoshi (1895–1884), historian, 307–8, 483

  Hiraizumi Wataru (b. 1929), Mieko’s husband, diplomat, politician; bureaucratic career of, 307–8

  Hirano Ken (1907–1978), novelist, 177, 256, 333–34, 716

  Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867–1952), prime minister, 352

  Hiraoka (née Hashi) Shizue (1905–87), Mishima’s mother, 2, 41, 102, 183, 202, 328, 348, 401, 459, 590, 668, 696, 722; candidate selection of, for Mishima’s marriage, 313–14; desire of, to divorce from Azusa, 183, 202; “disjointed remembrances” with Azusa, 50–56, 111, 167, 210; illness of, and Mishima’s marriage, 318, 319; interview of, for biography of Mishima, 50–51; marriage to Azusa, 40; Mishima’s love for, 68–69; on Natsuko’s tyrannic behavior, 43–44, 45, 51, 59; reaction on reading “Sorrels,” 55–56; reaction to Kimitake’s induction order, 18, 20; reaction to Natsuko’s death, 68; as secret conspirator of Mishima’s writings, 69

  Hiraoka (née Nagai) Natsuko (1876–1939), Mishima’s paternal grandmother, 2, 27, 34, 38, 39, 58–59, 201, 690, 746; death of, 67; feudalistic sentiments of, 67; as follower of Seichō no Ie, 690; forebears of, 21; illness of, 42–43, 54; influence of, on Hiraoka Kimitake, 45–46, 67–69; marriage to Hiraoka Sadatarō, 27, 38; personality and character of, 39–40, 42, 44–45, 51; stay in Tokyo of, 28

  Hiraoka (née Sugiyama) Yōko (1937–95), Mishima’s wife, 2, 315, 704, 723; meeting with Mishima, 318–19; movie and cabaret with Mishima, 319; pregnancy of, 326; Stage Struck with Mishima and Atsuko, 319; statement after “Mishima Incident” trial, 735; wedding with Mishima, 320–24

  Hiraoka Azusa (1894–1976), Mishima’s father, director–general of Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 2, 18, 21, 25, 38, 39, 60, 139, 183, 187, 210, 241, 263, 320, 328, 505, 543, 670, 705, 722; arrangement by, for Kimitake’s visit to Sadatarō’s hometown, 21, 23, 31; candidate selection for Mishima’s marriage by, 313–14; concerns of, on Mishima’s literary “successes,” 148, 166–67; discussion with Kimura of, 166; “disjointed remembrances” with Shizue of, 50–56, 111, 167, 210; efforts of, to select as isolated island, 241–42; at funeral of Mishima, 732; hatred for literature by, 110–11; Hiraoka Yoshiaki as regular companion of, 70–71; Japanese-style crew-cut of, 202; on Kimitake’s rejection chances, 12–13; letter to Mishima during his Osaka days, 71–72; marriage to Hashi Shizue, 40; as Mishima’s business manager, 203; Nosaka writings on, 70–71; personality and character of, 71; reaction of, to army’s rejection of Mishima, 19–20; return of, from Osaka to Tokyo, 84; role of, in wrecking epochal farm bill, 49; Shizue’s desire to divorce, 183, 202; taking care of family expenses of, 70, 71; urging Mishima to become a novelist, 137

  —bureaucratic career of: 6, 47–50, 93; as director-general of forestry management in Osaka, 59–60, 69–70; as director of rice, 70; lifestyle in Osaka of, 70–71

  —paternal genealogical search of: 22; motive in, 23; peasant family of, 23–24

  Hiraoka Chiyuki (1930–96), Mishima’s brother, diplomat, 2, 6, 17, 18, 31, 53, 58, 59, 202, 719; meeting with Mishima by, 587–88; and Mishima visit to Laos, 529

  Hiraoka family: “domicile” or legal permanent residence of, 10; Fujiwara Ginjirō’s “funeral gift” to, 95; new residence of, in Midori-ga-Oka, 201–4; store name of, 22–23

  Hiraoka Hisatarō (b. 1865), Mishima’s paternal granduncle, 30

  Hiraoka Iichirō (b. 1962), Mishima’s son, 402, 708, 723, 779

  Hiraoka Kimitake (Mishima Yukio’s real name; 1925–70): appointment to Ministry of Finance, 5; birth of, 40–41; composition titled “The Owl,” 53; daily letterwriting to Bōjō, 65–66, 717–18; disregard of Sadatarō, 46; description of Natsuko’s disease, 42–43; domicile, 10, 13; in Elementary Division of Peers School, 53–54; essay “Our Military in China,” 58; family tree, 2, 6–7; as fan of manga, 678–81; father of (see Hiraoka Azusa); Funae Fujio conversation with, 13–14; induction order, 16–21; in junior high school, 58–59, 61–62; kabuki and nō plays, exposure to, 67–68; Natsuko’s illness and, 42–43; playing with female children, 45; poetry writings, 60–66 of; proposal for penname of, 91–92; reluctance to talk about non-samurai ancestors, 21; school and college education, 15–16; sex talk among school friends, 75–76; and student labor mobilization program, 16; taking draft physicals (see draft physicals); terrified of Azusa, 59–60; will of, 16–17. See also Mishima Yukio

  —personality and character of: arrogance, 74, 105; expressionless face of, 51–52; formal and courteous, 45; impassiveness, 51–52; Natsuko’s influence on, 44–46, 748; as prankster, 72; “pride,” 105

  Hiraoka Kōtarō (1851–1906), nationalist leader, 23

  Hiraoka Magozaemon (n.d.), Mishima’s paternal ancestor, 2, 22, 23

  Hiraoka Manjirō (1860–1923), Mishima’s paternal granduncle, lawyer, 2, 23, 30; career of, 25, 30; education of, 24

  Hiraoka Mitsuko (1928–1945), Mishima’s sister, 2, 6, 17; death of, 139; fifth death anniversary of, 206

  Hiraoka Mume (b. 1872), Mishima’s paternal grand-aunt, 22, 30, 70, 746

  Hiraoka Sadatarō (1863–1942), Mishima’s paternal grandfather, administrator of Karafuto (Sakhalin) Agency, 2, 58–59, 554, 565, 705, 736, 741; arrest of, 742–43; character and temperament of, 28; commercial interests of, 742; death and funeral of, 95; education of, 24, 25; book on international private law of, 26–27; Hyōgo Prefecture, views on, 28; marriage of, to Natsuko, 32, 38; Mishima’s overt disregard of, 44–46; statue of, in Karafuto Shrine, 96

  —ancestors of: discussed, 21–28; peasant family, 23–24; Takichi (Azusa’s grandfather), 23–24, 30–31; Tazaemon (Azusa’s great grandfather), 21–22

  —bureaucratic career of: accomplishments during, 27; as ad
ministrator of Karafuto, 27, 28, 29; described, 6–7, 11, 31; family conditions following collapse of, 39, 70; local postings of, 27; political conflicts of, 29–30

  Hiraoka Takichi (1833–96), Mishima’s paternal great-grandfather, 2, 22, 30; sons and daughter of, 23–24; urban and elitist descendants of, 31; wife of, 2, 23, 24

  Hiraoka Tazaemon (n.d.), Mishima’s paternal great– great–grandfather, 2, 24; and “Akamon (Red Gate) Incident,” 21–22

  Hiraoka Tsuru (1836–1916), Mishima’s paternal great-grandmother, 23, 24

  Hiraoka Yoshikazu, Mishima’s paternal granduncle’s son, 30, 31, 70–71

  Hiraoka Yoshio, Mishima’s paternal granduncle’s son, 30, 31

  Hirata Hiroshi (b. 1937), manga artist, 678

  Hirohito (1901–89), 124th Tennō, 13, 41, 51, 73, 88, 307, 367, 754; absolutism in constitutional interpretation of, 128; announcement of Japan’s surrender by, 144, 307; failed assassination attempt of, 367–68, 709; “renunciation of divinity” rescript issued by, 142–45, 797

  Hirohito, Crown Prince, 41, 794; austere image of, 622; special education of, as constitutional monarch, 622; wedding procession of, 711

  Hirose kaigun chūsa. See “Cdr. Hirose”

  Hirose Takeo (1868–1904), naval commander, 545

  Hiroshima mon amour, 351

  Hirota Kōki (1878–1948), prime minister, 351

  Hirschfeld, Magnus (1868–1935), German sexologist, 180, 424; reference to, in Confessions of a Mask, 181–82

  Hisano Toyohiko (1896–1971), novelist, economist, “anti–Marxist modernist,” 82

  History of Japan (Nihon Shoki), 150, 188, 331, 366, 461, 779, 781

  Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945), German politician, 322

  Hitler: A Study in Tyranny, 580

  Hitokiri Izō. See “Killer Izō, The”

  Hitokiri. See Kill!

  Hiwa Palau senki. See Secret: A Record of a Palau Battle

  Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969), Vietnamese president, 577

  Hoan Daigaku (security academy), Mishima’s visit to, 238–39

  Hōden, 9, 13

  Hofmannsthal, Hugo August Hofmann von (1874–1929), Austrian dramatist, 196, 236

  Hōgen Disturbance, 612

  Hojinkai Zasshi, 77–78; Autumn: Two Pieces, 60–61; contributions of Bōjō in, 74; haiku in, 73; “Mansion” novella, 80; Mishima’s poems accepted by, 60–61; “Tinted Glass” (Damie garasu), 77

  Hōjō no umi. See Sea of Fertility, The

  Hōjō Tokiyori (1227–63), shogunate regent, 271

  Hokonohara Yasuo (n.d.), architect, 326–27

  Hölderlin, Friedrich (1770–1843), German poet, 104, 233, 380, 416, 426

  “Holy Life,” 134

  homosexuality, 174–75, 179, 277, 298, 391, 450, 457, 518; depiction of, in Confessions of a Mask, 183; depiction of, in Forbidden Colors, 209; elements of, in Mishima, 62, 75, 83, 188, 207, 209, 230–31, 313, 320, 474, 635, 701, 702 779; Kinsey’s treatment of, 181; Mochizuki’s works on, 180–81, 182; play based on, 216; “true” and “pseudo,” 180

  Honba. See Runaway Horse, The

  Hon’inbō Shūsai (1874–1940), go master, 150

  Honjō Shigeru (1876–1945), chief aide-de-camp, 146

  Hon’yaku-bun, 345

  Hori Shigeru (1920–79), chairman of the House of Representatives: meeting with Mishima, 697; Mishima’s argument submitted to, 696–97

  Horie Ken’ichi (b. 1938), adventurer, 403

  Horiguchi Daigaku (1892–1981), poet and translator, 79

  Horiuchi Seiichi (1932–87), graphic designer, editor, 592

  Horne, Lena (1917–2010), American singer, actress, 306

  Horwitz, Brewster (n.d.), American translator, 274

  Hoshina Shigeru (n.d.), minister of construction, 571

  Hoshino Naoki (1892–1978), politician, corporate executive, 49

  Hosoe Eikō (b. 1933), photographer, 362, 400

  House of Councilors, elections for, 558, 571

  House of Growth, The. See Seichō no Ie

  House on Fire, The (Kataku), 194, 195, 196

  Hōyō kazoku. See Hugging Family, The

  Hu Wen-hu (aka Aw Boon Haw; 1882–1954), Burmese-Chinese entrepreneur, 384

  Hu Yin (1098–1156), Chinese philosopher, 705

  Hugging Family, The (Hōyō kazoku), 432

  Hugo, Victor (1802–85), French novelist, dramatist, 280

  Huizong (1082–1135), Chinese emperor, 337

  “human torpedo,” 567

  humanism and decadence, 132

  Huppert, Isabelle (b. 1953?), French actress, 423

  Hussain, Zakir (1897–1969), Indian president, 521–22

  Huston, John (1906–87), American film director, 562

  Hyakuman-en senbei. See “Million-yen Rice Crackers”

  “Hydrangea,” 69

  hydrogen bomb, 246, 336, 395–96, 500. See also atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,

  “I, Sanmoto Gorōzaemon, Dismiss Myself with Your Permission, Sir,” 679–80

  “I Want to Be an Objet,” 350

  iai, 262, 479–80, 698

  Ichigaya, 551, 689, 724, 787,

  Ichigaya, Camp, 692–93, 695, 698, 699, 706, 718

  Ichigaya Hall, 636, 693, 709–10, 723

  Ichigaya Prison, 42, 55

  Ichikawa Ebizō X (b. 1946), kabuki actor, 651

  Ichikawa Fuae (1893–1981), feminist leader, politician, 157

  Ichikawa Kon (1915–2008), film director, 322, 429

  Ichikawa Raizō (1931–69), actor, 322, 420

  Ichikawa Somegorō VI (b. 1942), kabuki actor, 634, 655

  Ichikawa Utaemon (1907–99), kabuki and film actor, 478

  Ichimura Uzaemon XV (1874–1945), kabuki actor, 142–43

  Ide Magoroku (b. 1931), novelist, 387

  Igarashi Tsukumo (n.d.), designer, 548

  Ihara Saikaku (1642–93), novelist, haiku writer, 188

  Ii Naosuke (1815–60), grand administrator, 33

  Iida Momo (1926–2011), writer, 588

  Iizawa Tadasu (1909–94), dramatist, director, 521

  Ikarii Junzō (n.d.), army general, 652–53

  Ikebe Ryō (1918–2010), film actor, 702

  Ikeda Hayato (1899–1965), prime minister, 198, 477

  Ikeda Kōtarō (n.d.), student of French literature, 445

  Ikeda Tsutomu (1908–2002), student of Japanese literature, 85

  Ikkyū (1394–1481), Zen master, 632

  Ikuta Kōsaku (1924–94), translator, 790

  I’m Going to See Everything (Nandemo miteyarō), 637

  Imai Tadashi (1912–91), film director, 245

  Imamura Hitoshi (1886–1968), army general, 8

  “Imperial Declaration” (Taishō), 94–95

  Imperial declaration of humanity, 142–46

  Imperial Palace, 113, 137, 139, 481, 617, 623, 624, 630, 652, 728

  Imperial University of Tokyo, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 47, 97, 104, 111, 120, 405, 485, 538, 695; Law Faculty of, 6, 110, 157; protest of, to Nakajima aircraft factory, 123

  Imphal, Battle of, 107, 403

  Improvisatore, The (Sokkyō shijin), 345

  “In Praise of the Sun” (Nichirin raisan), 573

  In the Realm of Senses, 343

  Inagaki Hiroshi (1905–80), film director, 679

  Inagaki Taruho (1900–77), author, 592, 685, 690; debut as writer, 81; debut work of, 81–82; as first winner of the Japan Bungaku Taishō, 691; manga works of, 679–80; Mishima’s comment on Sanpūko of, 81, 82–83; reaction to Mishima’s praise of, 691

  India, Mishima’s trip to, 520–32, 541; in Benares, 525–27; in Bombay, 521; discussion with Indian Army during, 522; discussion with Tokuoka about, 522–23; meeting with President Zakir Hussain during, 521–22; meeting with Prime Minister Gandhi during, 522; in New Delhi, 521–22; talked to writers and professors, 522; views on Hinduism, 524–25; views on India, 523–24

  Indian National Army, 541, 787

  Industrial rationalization movemen
t, 48

  “Infernal Transformation” (Jigokuhen), 247

  Innami Kiyoshi (b. 1896), riding instructor, 711

  Inō mononoke roku. See Tōtei bukkai-roku

  Inoue Kaoru (1835–1915), foreign minister, 278, 406

  Inoue Kiyoshi (1913–2001), Marxist historian, 661–62

  I-novel, 82, 169–70, 177

  Inpumon’in no Taifu (1130?–1200?), tanka poet, 237

  Insect Play, The, 117, 118

  International Antiwar Day, demonstrations on, 585–90, 608, 629, 636, 640–41; over Article 106, 585, 586; clash with police, 586; demands of unified front, 639; mass rejection of protests, 641; members of Shield Society, 586–87; Mishima in Shinjuku, 641–42; Mishima in Ginza, 586–87, 588; Mishima’s expectations of, 636; nationwide rally, 639–40, 701; participation of Shiine Yama in, 608–9; police campaign and, 640; rampage at Shinjuku Station, 586; reaction of Ōya Sōichi to, 639; two-week-long programs for, 609; at University of Tokyo, 586; vigilante groups and, 640; Zenkyōtō and, 585

  International Conference of Young Artists, 219

  International House, 320–21

  International Military Tribunal, 104–5, 159, 340–41, 66, 693

  International Private Law (Kokusai shihō), 26–27

  Into a Black Sun (Kagayakeru yami), 444

  Introduction to a Study of Action (Kōdō-gaku nyūmon), 638

  Introduction to the Origins of Japanese Literature, 450

  Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855–1932), prime minister, 378

  Irogotoshi. See Pornographers, The

  Irving, Washington (1783–1859), American author, 313

  Isherwood, Christopher (1906–86), English-American novelist, 276, 293

  Ishibashi Tanzan (1884–1973), prime minster, 342–43

  Ishidō Toshirō (1932–2011), scriptwriter, critic, 701–3

  Ishihara Kanji (1889–1949), army general, 128; on Japanese defeat in World War II, 126–27; under Tōjō regime, 127

  Ishihara Shintarō (b. 1932), novelist, governor of Tokyo, 255–56, 261, 262, 333, 350, 391, 488, 564, 571, 577, 693

  Ishihara Yūjirō (1934–87), actor, 350, 615, 768