by Hiroaki Sato
Kokusai shihō. See International Private Law
kokutai (“national polity”), 86, 217, 365–68, 514, 666, 668
Kokutai no hongi. See True Import of Kokutai, The
Komatsu Shizuko (n.d.), 315; provided space for study sessions, 594; visit Hiraokas at Midori-ga-Oka house, 319
Komiya Toyotaka (1884–1966), student of German literature, 152
Komori Kazutaka (b. 1943), assassin, 385–86
Kon Hidemi (1903–84), director-general of Agency of Cultural Affairs, 152, 348, 755
Kon Tōkō (1898–1977), Buddhist abbot, politician, 571
Konaka Yōtarō (b. 1934), writer, critic, 493–94
Kondō Isami (1834–68), samurai, 33
Konishi Jin’ichi (1915–2007), student of Japanese literature, 119, 297, 405; interpretation of Mishima’s Aya no tsuzumi, 297
Kōno Hisashi (1907–36), army captain, 373
Kōno Ichirō (1898–1965), minister of agriculture and fisheries, 49–50
Kōno Tsukasa (1905–90), writer, 393
Konoe Fumimaro (1891–1945), prince, prime minister, 37, 57
Koshiji Fubuki (1924–80), singer, actress, 349, 769; duet with Raymond Conde, 347; meeting with Mishima over play, 348
Kōshoku. See “The Lecher”
Kōta, Mrs. (n.d.), Hiraoka Sadatarō’s friend, 20
Koto. See Old Capital, The
Kōya no uta. See “A Song of the Wilderness”
Krafft-Ebing, Richard von (1840–1902), Austro–German psychiatrist, 81–82
Kristofferson, Kris (b. 1936), American musician, actor, 423
Kristol, Irving (1920–2000), American journalist, 224
Krupp, Gustav (1870–1950), German industrialist, 580
Kubota Mantarō (1889–1963), haiku writer, playwright, 194, 347, 411; sudden death of, 414; unhappiness of, with China tour, 411–12
Kujaku. See “Peacocks”
Kumamoto Castle, 472
Kumano Shrine, summer festival at, 449, 574
Kumo, 410
Kumo no Kai, 205
Kunieda Shirō (1887–1943), writer, 156, 680
Kunisada Chūji (1810–51), yakuza, 605
Kuno Osamu (1910–99), philosopher, 568
Kuramochi Kiyoshi (n.d.), member of Shield Society, 636, 669, 732
Kuribayashi Tadamichi (1891–1945), army general, 711
Kuriyagawa Hakuson (1880–1923), student of English literature, critic, 273–74
Kuriyama Riichi (1909–89), student of Japanese literature, 85, 114
Kuroda Kanbē (also, Yoshitaka; 1546–1604), warrior–commander, 9
Kurosawa Akira (1910–93), film director, 246, 253, 438, 702; movies featuring Mifune, 438; Rashōmon, 221; worldwide fame of, 221; Yōjimbō, 605–6
Kuro-tokage. See Black Lizard
Kusaka Asanosuke (b. 1900?), Supreme Court justice, 733, 734
Kusaka Genzui (1840–64), samurai, 718
Kusaka Jin’ichi (1888–1972), admiral, 733
Kusaka Ryūnosuke (1892–1971), admiral, 773
Kusano Shinpei (1903–88), poet, 79
Kushibuchi Osamu (1923–2004), judge, 733–35, 773
Kusunoki Masashige (1294–1336), warrior, nationalist hero, 719
Kusunoki Masasue (d.1336), warrior, 719
Kuwabara Takeo (1904–88), student of French literature, 169
Kuzui Kinshirō (b. 1925), film theater manager, 706
Kyōgoku Kiyō (1908–81), haiku poet, 674
Kyōko’s House (Kyōko no ie), 217, 294, 308, 317, 325, 333–57, 401, 431, 626; abrupt end of, 340; characters of, 334–35; critical failure of, 343–44; criticism of, 333–34; Hashikawa’s reviews of, 563–65; Hirano Ken’s criticism of, 333–34; initial reviews of, 333; Okuno Takeo’s praise for, 333; protagonist of, 335; publication of, 333; story characters of, 308; story of, 335–38; study of Nihilsm and Fascism in, 338–40
Kyoto Gakuren Incident, 406
Kyoto School, 119–20
Kyōko no ie. See Kyoko’s House
La bal du Compte d’Orgel, 509
La Chèvre de M. Seguin, 195
La Rochelle, Drieu (1893–1945), French writer, 499
La Ronde, 235–36
La Tosca: defending choice of, 413; Mishima’s thought on shortlisting of, 413; staging of, 412–13
Labor Standards Law, 537
Lady Akane, The, 382. See also Lady Aoi, The
Lady Aoi, The (Aoi-no-ue), 294, 382
Laos, Mishima’s trip to, 521, 529
LaPorte, Robert Allen (1943–65), American war protester, 535
L’Apre-midi d’un faune, 307
Lasky, Melvin J. (1920–2004), American journalist, 436
Laughlin, Ann Clark Resor (1925?–89), American publisher, 277, 302
Laughlin, James (1914–97), American publisher, editor, 277, 302
Laurents, Arthur (1917–2011), American playwright, director, 306
Lawrence, D. H. (1885–1930), English novelist, 173
LDP. See Liberal Democratic Party
Le Diable au corps, 80, 236, 237, 423
Le Gendre, Joseph Émile (1830–99), American army general, diplomat, 142
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, 435, 444, 445
Le Rouge et le Noir, 200
Le Samourai, 562
Le Sang et la Rose (Chi to bara), 591, 592
Le Sens de la mort, 510
Lea, Homer (1876–1912), American author, 128
“Lecher, The” (Kōshoku), 37, 40
L’école de la chair, 423
Lectures on Unethical Education (Fudōtoku kyōiku kōza), 344, 418
Leftwing Communism: An Infantile Disorder, 537
Legge, James (1815–97), Scottish sinologist, 278
Lenin, Vladimir (1870–1924), Russian revolutionary, 483, 537
Lennon, John (1940–80), English musician, 577
Leonore Overture, 362
Lerner, Alan Jay (1918–86), American lyricist, 304
L’érotisme, 376
Les Fruits d’Or, 436
Les mal parties, 235, 236
Les morts masculines, 592
Les petites filles modèles, 687
Les Plaisirs et les Jours, 118
Les Rites de l’Amour et de le Mort, 440, 441
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729–1781), German philosopher, 686
“Letter of Challenge to Those I Love, A,” 160
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, 129
L’Histoire de Juliette, ou les Prospérités du vice, 454
Liberal Democratic Party, 342, 483, 543, 559, 618, 694, 696, 768; Hoshina Shigeru candidate for, 571; insider criticism of, 693; “1955 Regime” and, 343; policy of, 343; protest against documentary on life in North Vietnam, 535; success in December general election, 658
Life, 424, 425, 429, 433, 435, 523, 583
Lighthouse, The (Tōdai), 193, 207
Li’l Abner, 305–6
Lin Biao (1907–71), Chinese leader, 516
Lindsay, Howard (1889–1963), American stage producer, 304
Line-Drawing (Hakubyō), 327
Lingis, Alphonso (b. 1933), American philosopher, 504
Lins (Brazil), 228–30
“Lion Amid Peonies, A” (Karajishibotan), 724
“Literary feeble fellows” (bunjaku no to), 562
Loesser, Frank (1920–69), American songwriter, 304
Loewe, Frederick (1901–88), Austrian-American composer, 304
Lois, George (b. 1931), American art director, 592
Looten, Emmanuel (1908–74), French poet, 734
Lortel, Lucille (1900–99), American dancer, producer, 382
Loti, Pierre (Julien Viaud, 1850–1923), French writer, 280, 520
Love Dashes (Ai no shissō), 394
Lovers’ Forest, The (Koibitotachi no mori), 520
Lucrèce Borgia, 280
Lumet, Sydney (1924–2011), American film director, 319
Luzon, Battle of, 755
MacArthur, Doug
las (1880–1964), supreme commander of the US Occupation of Japan, 137, 141, 220, 431, 666; “supermanism” of, Americans and, 225
MacArthur Constitution, 346. See also Constitution of Japan
Machiz, Herbert (1923–76), American stage director, 387
Macmillan, Harold (1894–1986), UK prime minister, 437
Madama Butterfly, Japanese government’s ban on, 390
Madame de Sade (Sado Kōshaku Fujin), 417, 453–54, 581, 774
Madame Edwarda, 582
Made-in-Japan (Nippon-sei), 244–45, 523
Mademoiselle Loulou, 423, 520
Madness of Heracles, The, 530
Maeterlinck, Maurice (1862–1949), Belgian playwright, 236
Mahōbin. See “Thermos Bottle, The”
Mailer, Norman (1923–2007), American writer, 173
Mainichi Shinbun, 140, 393–94, 395, 437, 498, 522; “Eschatology and Literature” in, 395; Les mal parties review of, 236; Mishima’s essay on Kawabata in, 611; Mishima’s interview conducted by, 506–7, 693–94; Mishima’s open letter in, 693; on reopening of the Teikoku Theater, 140
Mainichi Shinbun Company, 684
Makino Nobuaki (1861–1949), politician, 364
Makino Shin’ichi (1896–1936), lord privy seal, 81, 685
Makioka Sisters (Sasameyuki), 404
Mallarmé, Stéphane (1842–98), French poet, 498
Mamie, 195
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The, 583
Manatsu no shi. See “Death in Midsummer”
Manchukuo, 49, 57
Manchurian Incident, 127, 367
manga: influence of, on student movement, 678; vs. American comics, 681; of Mizuki Shigeru, 679; Mōretsu A-Tarō, 678; on ninja, 678; Norakuro, 678; popularity of, in postwar Japan, 678, 681; Tōtei bukkai-roku, 679–80
Mann, Golo (1909–94), international historian, 493
Mann, Thomas (1875–1955), German novelist, 190, 201, 226
Man’s Death, A (Otoko no shi), 592, 713
“Mansion” (Yakata), 80
Man’yōshū, 97, 120, 484, 567, 632, 720, 781
Mao Zedong (1893–1976), Chinese leader, 223, 281, 516–17, 553, 577, 593, 660
Marat, Jean-Paul (1743–93), French political theorist, 323
Marcel Proust, 117, 118, 190
Marius the Epicurean, 450
martial arts, 35, 131, 468, 568, 676, 678, 707, 731; and desire for death, 576–77
Martin, Burton (n.d.), English teacher, 391
Martinez, Vincent (n.d.), French actor, 423
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, The, 591–92
Maruyama (later Miwa) Akihiro (b. 1935), 214, 393, 469, 557, 668
Maruyama Kaoru (1899–1974), poet, 79
Maruyama Masao (1914–96), political scientist, 568, 620, 650
Marx, Karl (1818–83), German philosopher, 483
Marxism, 165, 405, 407, 485, 786; Hayashi Fusao and, 405–6; as “social science,” 406
Masamune Hakuchō (1879–1962), novelist, playwright, critic, 148, 273, 282
Mashita Kanetoshi (1913–73), army general, 495, 693, 718–21, 723–24, 726–27, 729
Masumura Yasuzō (1924–84), film director, 351; director of Mishima, 358–59; director of Windblown Dude, 358
masuraoburi, 133, 438
Matsubara Fumiko (b. 1938), translator, 687
Matsudaira Takako (Taka, 1857–1923), Mishima’s paternal great-grandmother, 2, 34–35, 36, 37–38
Matsudaira Yorinori (1831–64), daimyo, disembowelment of, 35–36; rehabilitation of house of, 36
Matsudaira Yoritaka (1810–86), daimyo, Mishima’s paternal great–great–grandfather, 2, 34, 35–36
Matsudaira Yoriyasu (1856–1940), Yoritaka’s second son, 2, 36, 37, 39, 53
Matsukawa Incident, 416
Matsumoto Michiko (b. 1922), editor, 420, 704
Matsumoto Mitsuaki (n.d.), 31
Matsumoto Seichō (1909–92), writer, historian, 494
Matsumura Motomi (n.d.), sushi restaurant owner, 325
Matsuo Bashō (1644–94), poet, 135
Matsuo Satoshi (1907–97), student of Japanese literature, 403
Matsuoka Yōsuke (1880–1946), minister for foreign affairs, 49
Matsushita Kōnosuke (1894–1989), businessman, 577
Matsuura Takeo (1926–98), stage director, 558
Maupassant, Guy de (1850–93), French writer, 236
Mauriac, François (1885–1970), French novelist, 196, 400, 617–18, 793
Maurois, André (1885–1967), French writer, 747
May Revolution, 553, 554, 657
Mayuzumi Toshirō (1929–97), composer, 231–32, 246, 314, 418
Mazaki Jinzaburō (1876–1956), army general, 145, 369
McAlpine, Helen (n. d.), English reteller of Japanese tales, 286
McCarthy, Mary (1912–89), American writer, 12, 436
McCarthyism, 199, 302
McGregor, Robert (1911–74), American editor, 302, 387; visit to Japan, 275–76
McLuhan, Marshall (1911–80), Canadian philosopher, 561
Meacham, Anne (1926–2006), American actress, 382
“Medieval Period, The” (Chūsei), 133, 147, 153, 164, 165, 188
Megata Tanetarō (1853–1926), founder of Senshū School, 25
Meiji Constitution, 145, 346, 568, 797; “cultural totality” lost under, 570; Tennō system under, 569, 630, 661, 667
Meiji Emperor (Mutsuhito, 1852–1912), 229, 342, 365, 372, 385, 531, 635, 652; Meiji the Great, 145
Meiji Era (1868–1912), 25, 28, 46, 164, 166, 209, 223, 275, 279; class system, 109
Meiji government, 34, 35, 38, 120, 365, 367, 568; Charter Oath issued by, 143; concerns of unequal treaties, 26; inadequate legal system during, 26; Shinpūren Revolt and, 469, 471; slogan of, 48–49; “sword-abolishment order” of, 543
Meiji Memorial Hall, 320
Meiji Restoration, 25, 36, 364–65, 406, 412, 470–71, 472, 647
Melville, Jean-Pierre (1917–73), French filmmaker, 562
“Memorandum on Eguchi Hatsu-jo, A” (Eguchi Hatsujo oboegaki), 338
Mercer, Johnny (1906–76), American lyricist, 305
Merlo, Frank (n.d.), Tennessee Williams’s secretary, 349
Merman, Ethel (1908–84), American actress, singer, 304
Merrill, Bob (1921–98), American songwriter, 305
Merrill, James (1926–95), American poet, 275, 276, 293–94, 322
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, 391
Meyerhold, Vsevolod Emilevich (1874–1940), Russian stage director, 414
Michelangelo (1475–1564), Italian artist, 687
Michener, James (1907–97), American author, 390
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A, 410
Midway, Battle of, 130
Mifune Toshirō (1920–97), film actor, 247, 438, 488, 515, 606, 679
Mikawa Gun’ichi (1888–1981), admiral, 87
Mi-Kumano mōde. See Pilgrimage to the Three Kumano Shrines
Miles, Sarah (b. 1941), English actress, 429
military uniform, 582–84; Mishima in, 588; Mishima’s essay on, 583; of Shield Society, 583
Miller, Arthur (1915–2005), American playwright, 224, 302
“Million-yen Rice Crackers” (Hyakuman-en senbei), 361
Minakata Kumagusu (1867–1941), naturalist, biologist, folklorist, 331, 450
Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192–1219), shogun, 720
Minamoto no Tametomo (1139–1170?), warrior, 612
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, 47–48
Ministry of Finance, 4, 5, 47, 137, 164, 167, 559, 631, 636
Mino, My Bull (Mino, atashino oushi), 699
Minobe Tatsukichi (1873–1948), Constitutional scholar, 128; Tennō as a “state organ” theory of, controversy over, 145, 146
Minoko, 418, 419
Minomo no tsuki. See “Moon on the Surface of the Water, A”
Minosuke. See Bandō Minosuke VI
Minsei, 595, 596; and Chichibu meeting, 618; d
isciplined violence against the Zenkyōtō, 596
Minshu Seinen Dōmei. See Minsei
minzokushugi, 482, 781
Mirabelle, Schloss, 436
Miranda, 590, 591
“Mishima Incident” trial, 418, 669, 732–36; police questioning of Koga Hiroyasu, 705; Satō Isao’s testimony during, 666; Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s opening statement at, 689; Yōko’s statement following, 735
“Mishima Literature and Internationality,” 437
Mishima Yukio (1925–70; Hiraoka Kimitake’s pen-name); action plan to defend Imperial Palace, 623, 624; admiration for grandfather’s calligraphy, 705; admiration for Inagaki’s works, 690–91; affinity of, with theatrical genres, 67–68; afterword written by, for Mori Mari’s writings, 710; afterword written by, to Chūō Kōron Japanese literature series, 685–86; apology to Arita, 355; apology to Mrs. Tanizaki, 714; argument on Constitutional oddities, 664–65; attended party at Kanetaka, 211–13; birth of second child, 402; blunt self-analysis, 630; as “boy patriot,” 646; calligraphy of, 401–2; Chichibu meeting, 618; cenotaph erected to, 736; close call in air, 643; co-editing of New Writing in Japan, 375; confessional habits of, 189–90; conversation with emigrant woman, 223–24; critical review of “Dance,” 75; criticism of Ishihara Shintarō by, 693; cultural arguments of, 142–43; cutting off ties to the world, 687–88; on Daibosatsu Pass Incident, 643; debate with students of Radical Left, 622; debate with Tōdai students, 617–23; depicted as “modern gorilla,” 618–19; description of US sprinter by, 428–29; desire for goodbye kiss with Teiko, 156–57; directorial debut of, 193; discussion on Japanese literature, 361; essay of, in praise of Ueno, 112; exhibition of works of, 706–7, 709–10; family photo at home, 668; as fan of manga, 678–81; as fan of yakuza, 35; fear of “humanism” and “cosmopolitanism” in, 679; on financial burden of maintaining Shield Society, 625–26; on Gallagher, 674, 688; at Green Hotel in Karuizawa, 203; grief over death of sister, 139, 715; grief over lost love, 139–40; growing confidence toward Bōjō, 74; as guest in charity recital, 469; haiku of, 73, 279; in Hakata with Yōko, 324; Hasuda’s influence on, 88–89, 91; Holiday magazine and, 389; Imperial Hotel, 283, 418, 548, 600, 690, 707, 713–14; influence of Kita Ikki’s thought on, 629–30; influence of Yōmeigaku on, 647–48; interviews of, by British media, 439; interview of, on anachronism, 694; interview of, on TBS, 68–69; interview of, by Tokyo Shinbun, 707; introduction written by, for Equestrian Reader, 710–11; involvement with CIE, 189; Ishihara Shintarō as competition for, 255–57; Itō Shizuo’s influence on, 94–95, 106; Japanese court system and, 356; and Julien Sorel–inspired story idea based on Yamazaki, 200; on Japan’s autonomous military, 658–59; “Journal for A Forest in Full Bloom,” 102–3; karate lessons from Nakayama Masatoshi, 705; on Katō Michio’s literary works, 239–40; Kawaguchi and, 475; at Kumamoto to study Shinpūren, 475–76; on La Ronde (French film), 236; last night at home before death, 722; on Le diable au corps, 237; on Les mal parties, 236; letter from Kawabata to, 116; letter to Dan Kazuo, 190; letter to Murakami Ichirō, 718; life-size clay model of, at Wakebe Junji’s studio, 719; love of, for Shizue, 68–69; love with Fukushima, 475; on “loyalty” and death, 694–95; meeting with Araki, 474–75; meeting with Arthur Waley, 383–84; meeting with Edna O’Brien, 438; meeting with Kawabata Yasunari, 149–50; meeting with Morita, Koga, and Ogawa, 690, 692; meeting with Saito, 188–89; meeting with Sassa Teiko, 155–56; as member of dōjō, 329; membership of literature groups, 205–6; and Michiko’s marriage on TV, 330–31; on Nakasone’s private apologies, 669; at Nichigeki Music Hall, 282; notebooks of, 420–22; vs. Ōe, 433; offer of, to elope with Itaya Ryōko, 206–7; on Okinawa Day turmoil, 617–18; one-night stay at Rinzai Zen temple, 259–60; outlandish dream of, 190; penname of, 91–92, 748; persuaded Mochimaru, 628; photographing of, for A Man’s Death, 713; plan to prepare bibliography of works, 704; on playwright and actor collaboration, 613; police security of, 386–87; postwar entries to theater, 140–42, 193; at Prince Hotel, Shinagawa, 361; publishing his first book, 101–4; purchasing old sword, 476; reaction to censorship of plays, 141; reaction to Japan’s assault on Pearl Harbor, 646–47; reaction to Tanaka Seigen’s funding of Ronsō Journal, 627–28; rejecting officer-candidate course, 99-100; rejection of Yasuda-style classicism, 121; resignation from Ministry of Finance, 167; resolution for postwar literary revival, 134–35; review of Satyricon, 707; royalty income of, 166, 202, 625–26; Roy James and, 321–22; “Saturday communication” to Mitani Makoto, 116, 121, 122, 128; self-explications of his novels, 244; severed relationship with Nathan, 434; severing relationship with Ronsō Journal, 627–29; signing contract with film company, 350; as special correspondent for Olympics, 428; speech in English, 391; started column for women’s magazine, 403; stories of, turned into films, 244–45; strong feelings for Tsuruta Kōji, 609–10; study sessions with Yamamoto, 593–94; switch from Ningen to Shinchō, 200; taidan with Ishidō Toshirō for Eiga Geijutsu, 701–3; taidan with Ishihara, 257–58; taidan with Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, 690–91; taidan with Takamine Hideko, 252–53; talk at Waseda University students’ history club, 694; talk of shidō, 694; Tamari Hitoshi as private coach of, 261; tanka of, 67, 720; thank-you letter to Araki, 476; thoughts on Murayama’s version of The Golden Pavilion, 286; tribute to Azuma Fumihiko, 703–4; turmoil after Shimanaka murder, 386; turned short story into film, 375–76; Uesugi invoked by, 128–29; views on Americans, 313; views on kendō practices by women, 711; views on Kita Ikki and Tennō worship, 629–30; views on necessity for violence, 618; views on nen in Yamamoto’s statement, 637; visit to ghost festival, 325; visit to Hiraizumi Mieko’s Manhattan apartment, 308; visit to Hoan Daigaku, 238–39; visit to Kamishima, 241–43, 246; visit to Kishida Kunio, 211; visit to Makoto at his school, 122–23; visit to Shinoyama’s studio with Morita Masakazu, 718; visit to Washington Irving’s manor, 313; wartime assignment of, at Nakajima aircraft factory, 16, 116; wartime assignment of, at naval factory, 123–24; on wealth discrepancy between Japan and America, 290–91; will of, 695–96; words on “special attack force,” 129; Yasuda’s influence on, 119; Yokohama and, 420, 422; young friends of, 324–26. See also Hiraoka Kimitake