by Hiroaki Sato
—acting and modeling of: acting experience, 359; Black Lizard, 393; direction of Salome, 360; direction of Matsumoto Kōshirō, 793; got role in movie, 344; lead role in Windblown Dude, 592; for A Man’s Death (Otoko no shi), 592; with Masumura Yasuzō, 351; photo session, 400; as samurai assassin in Kill!, 614–16; Yatō Tamotsu’s photoshoots, 274
—coup attempt and seppuku of: apportionment of time for planned action, 717; assemblage of all troops, 727; commander of the Eastern Army as hostage target, 692, 718; for Constitutional revision, 689, 692; crowd gathering for, 728; directives to two Kogas and Ogawa, 724; draft of manifesto, 705, 708; entry into Camp Ichigaya, 699–700; farewell-to-the-world poem composed for, 720; Gen. Mashita hostage, 726; Japanese sword and, 698, 780, 784; letters to Date and Tokuoka, 708–9; list of demands, 726; meeting at Daini Hamasaku, 699; members of Shield Society involved in, 689, 698; Mishima’s seppuku, 729; Mishima’s speech, 728–29; Morita’s death by seppuku, 729; reconnaissance of Camp Ichigaya, 706, 718; regimental commander as hostage target, 695, 696, 698, 700; rehearsal of planned action, 719, 720; Shield Society’s meeting, 700; tacit farewell party at Gotenba Inn, 705; talk with reporters, 721; trial following, 732–36
—dating and romances of: Itaya Ryōko, 206, 212; Kajima (later Hiraizumi) Mieko, 213–14; Toyoda (later Gotō) Sadako, 249–50, 262–63
—death of: autopsy, 731; funeral of, 730; letter after, 683, 799; martial arts and desire for, 576–77; “romantic, heroic death” and, 576; reminiscences after, 744–45
—debate with Tōdai Zenkyōtō: on Communism, 620; description, 617–23; on “devotion to the Tennō,” 621–22; friends and Shield Society concerns for, 619; his “philosophy of life,” 620; mass media coverage of, 622–23; personal revelation, 621–22
—diary-keeping at Camp Takigahara: description of music for Ranryō’ō, 633–34; Mt. Fuji and shifting weather, 631
—first love (Mitani Kuniko) of: attraction toward Kuniko, 108, 109–10; declining engagement to, 125; depiction of first kiss, 124–25; exchange of letters and photographs, 124; grief over lost, 139–40; love for Kuniko, 185–86; meeting at Karuizawa Station, 124; reunion with, 157–60, 204, 309–10; stories based on, 165, 184, 283, 497; talk about, 156, 185–86, 197
—health of: autointoxication and asphyxia, 44; hospitalized due to concussion, 360; stomach pain, 249
—hobbies of: dancing, 156; horseback riding, 203–4. See also bodybuilding
—homosexuality of: in America, 227–28; discussed, 62, 75, 83, 188, 207, 209, 230–31, 313, 320, 474, 635, 701, 702 779; at gay bar in Saint Germain, 231–32; in Rio de Janeiro, 230–31
—house of: architectural design of, 327–28; decision to build, 326–29; move to new, 330
—kabuki play directed by: Moonbow,The, 614; problems faced in, 613
—literary correspondence with Azuma: 77, 78–79; comment on Sanpūko, 81–83; on fall of Singapore, 95; influence of Raymond Radiguet, 80–81; before Japan’s assault on Pearl Harbor, 93; and relationship with Bōjō, 96–97; on sexual perversion, 81–84; summing up “literary life,” 78–79; translation works, 80
—as literary figure: 147, 164, 577; appreciation of manga, 678–81; commentary on “Golden Death,” 686–87; commentary on Les petites filles modèles, 687; on conflict and tension between realities, 682–83; editorial collaboration with Kimura, 153–55, 179; essay on Japan, 92; fascination with “muddy, dark spiritualism,” 715; fundamental impulse for writing, 682; homosexual magnum opus, 207–11; influence of Georges Bataille on, 715; initial reaction to Ishihara’s story, 256–57; as judge of annual new writers contest, 281; on Kawabata literature, 611; Kuwabara’s statement and, 169–70; literary encounter with Dazai, 160–64; meeting with Hayashi Fusao, 165–66; movie reviews, 236– 37; on On the Narayama Song, 281–82; novels published, in December 1950, 196–97; orthographic dimension to writing, 56; as playwright, 284–87; preface written by, for Michael Gallagher’s book, 673; preface written by, for Odakane Jirō’s book, 676–77; preface written by, for Tanaka Mitsuko’s book, 675; preference for paradoxes, 115; pressure to establish himself as, 148; “purity-orientation” in writings, 715; reaction to Etō Jun’s views, 649; reaction to Gallagher’s translation of Spring Snow, 688; rejection of Yasuda-style classicism, 121; “rhetorical rewrite” of Racine’s Britannicus, 285; rise of Communism in China, 223; source of literary inspiration, 253–55; threnody for grandfather’ death, 95; writerly versatility, 112–14
—marriage of: argument on marriage, 320; candidate selection assignment, 313; choice of arranged marriage, 313–20; conditions for marriage, 312; discussion with Kojima Chikako, 311–12; dowries exchanged, 319; finalizing wedding date, 319; and homosexuality, 320; and honeymoon, 322–24; as journalistic event, 323; meeting with Miss Shōda, 314–15; meeting with Yōko, 318–19; meeting with Yoshida Mitsuru, 312–13; Mishima’s young friends, 324–26; movie and cabaret with Yōko, 324; public announcement of, 313–14; and Shizue’s illness, 318, 319; wedding, 320–21; Yuasa Atsuko and, 315
—nationalist writings of: “Action and Waiting,” 642–43; aphoristic statements, 135–36; “The Beauty of Action,” 644; on Constitutional oddities, 664–68; “Counterrevolution Manifesto,” 600–604; cultural chauvinism and, 119; on Daibosatsu Pass Incident, 643; description of state funeral of Tōgō Heihachirō, 645–46; essay on Kita Ikki, 629–30; essay on “Planning an Action,” 643; essays for young women, 645; Iinuma Isao (fictional character), 629–30; Introduction to a Study of Action (Kōdō-gaku nyūmon), 638; “The Medieval Period,” 133; in Middle Division, 73; Occupation’s judgment of Shinto’s non-religious uniqueness, 667, 668; on perverse ideological confusion, 657–58; Ranryō’ō, 633–34; Senshindō sakki, 649; Spring Snow, 634–35; “Nawate Incident” (Nawate jiken), 112–14; at time of graduation, 72–73; Turn Tōdai into a Zoo, 588; on voluntary self-sacrifice, 129, 130–32; vulgar metaphor, 711–12; “What Is Japan?,” 636
—opinions and preferences of: homosexual tendencies, 178–82, 195, 210, 320, 702; “true nationalism,” 660–61
—plays by: The Anxiety of Love, 196; The Corpse and Treasure, 195; The Damask Drum, 412; Hanjo, 286, 294; The House on Fire, 195, 196; The Lighthouse, 193; The Route, 195; A Saintly Woman, 196; The Terrace of the Leper King, 611; Tosca, 412; The Wise Men from the East, 195. See also kabuki; modern nō plays; nō plays
—publishing establishment and: Alfred A. Knopf, 272–73, 294, 389; Heibon Punch, 547, 548, 561, 577, 582; Hihyō, 444, 446, 503, 515, 560, 561, 572, 688; Holiday magazine, 389; Life, 425, 435, 523, 583; Mainichi Shinbun, 236, 393–95, 506–7, 522, 693, 694; New Directions, 276–77, 302; Nissay Theatre, 417–18; Sakurai Shoten, 165; Shinchōsha, 706–7; Shinpa, 285–86
—pursuit of women by: Itaya Ryōko (see Moriwaki Ryōko); Kawabata Masako, 217–18; Kajima Mieko (see Hiraizumi Mieko); Kobayashi Hidemi, 217; Seki Hiroko, 193; Toyoda Sadako (see Gotō Sadako). See also Yuasa Atsuko
—trips abroad of: Bangkok, 528–29, 799; Benares, India, 525–27; Caribbean tour, 297–300; Ciudad Trujillo, Santo Domingo, 298; Dominican Republic, 298; El Paso, Ciudad Juárez, 299; Greece, 233–35; Havana, 298; India, 520–32; Laos, 529; Lins, Brazil, 229–30; London, 233; Mexico City, 299; Natchez, Mississippi, 299; New Orleans, 298, 300; New York, 221–28, 294–97; Paris, 231–33; Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 298; Puerto Rico, 298; Rio de Janeiro, 228–29, 230–31; on SS President Wilson, 221–24; Uxmal, Yucatán, 299
—on World War II and its aftermath: aphoristic statements, 135–36; decline of Japan’s literary arts, 131; “democracy” and “war responsi-bility,” 136; on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 108, 122, 269, 497, 501, 565; as onset of Medieval Period, 133; popularity of Occupation troops, 137–38; resolution for postwar literary revival, 134–35; special attack force and humanism, 129–32; testament on war and surrender, 131–34
Mita Bungaku, 84, 450
Mitaka Incident, 198
Mitani Kuniko. See Nagai Kuniko.
Mitani Makoto (1925–2000), Mishima’s classmate, bank executive, 16,
18, 111, 137, 158; father of, 108–9; home of, 108; on Mishima’ rejection of officer candidate course, 100; on Mishima’s response to declaration of humanity, 142; Mishima’s “Saturday communication” to, 116, 125; sisters of, 109–10
Mitani Takanobu (1892–1985), diplomat, grand chamberlain, 108–9
Mitate-kai, 781. See also Shield Society
Mitchum, Robert (1917–97), American film actor, 324
mitegura, 472, 477
Mitford, A. M., Lord Redesdale (1836–1917), British diplomat, 114
Mito Matsudaira. See Matsudaira Yoritaka
Miwa Yoshio (n.d.), politician, 653
Miyake Taku (1905–71), army lieutenant, 388
Miyamoto Musashi (1584?–1645), swordsman: Book of Five Elements of, 562; postwar movies about, 679
Miyata Akiyuki (n.d.), army colonel, 718
Miyazawa Kenji (1896–1933), poet, 79, 81
Miyazawa Kiichi (1919–2007), prime minister, 759
Mizoguchi Kenji (1898–1956), film director, 500
Mizuki Shigeru (b. 1922), manga artist, 679
Mizutani Yaeko (1905–79), actress, 393
Mochimaru Hiroshi (b. 1943), nationalist, 483, 536, 537, 547, 583, 621, 625, 627; blood oath with, to prevent “a leftist revolution,” 540; decision by, to quit Ronsō Journal and Shield Society, 629; as executive director of Nichigakudō, 483; fundraising efforts of, 537–38; ideological differences of, with Mishima, 628–29; Kuramochi Kiyoshi and, 636; leadership qualities of, 484; on Mishima’s reliance on Yamamoto, 628; reluctance of, to accept Mishima’s job offer, 628
Mochizuki Mamoru (1910–93), psychologist, 180
modern nō plays, 412, 440; Aoi no Ue, 382; The Damask Drum, 285; Hanjo, 286, 382; Kantan, 194; staging of, in New York, 294–97
modernity, 223; questioning validity of, 130; and Westernization, difference between, 130
Mogi Masa (n.d), journalist, 231
Mokusei (Fragrant Olive), 73
Moltke v. Harden, 182
Mōmoku monogatari. See Blind’s Tale, The
Monroe, Harriet (1860–1936), American editor, poet, 734
Monroe, Marilyn (1926–62), American actress, 301
“Monster, The” (Kaibutsu), 37
Montalbán, Ricardo (1920–2009), Mexican actor, 306
“Moon on the Surface of the Water, A” (Minomo no tsuki), 112
Moonbow,The, 614, 656, 714
Morand, Paul (1888–1976), French diplomat, 81
Moravia, Alberto (1907–90), Italian novelist, 436
Mōretsu A-Tarō, 678
Mori Arinori (1847–89), minister of education, 553
Mori Mari (1903–87), writer, 515, 710; early life of, 520; first literary recognition of, 520; as Mishima’s guest, 517; My Father’s Hat by, 518; praised by Mishima, 518–19; understanding of lust by, 518; writings about Mishima by, 517–19
Mori Ōgai (1862–1922), surgeon general, writer, 172, 356, 565, 648; Dazai’s opinion of, 164; translation works of, 345, 360
Mori Oto (1890–1967), physician, 519
Mori Takeshi (1894–1945), army general, 514
Mori Yoshirō (b. 1937), prime minister, 484
Morikawa Tatsuya (1922–2006), critic, 683
Mörike, Eduard Friedrich (1804–75), German novelist, 190
Morimoto Kaoru (1912–46), playwright, director, 411
Morita Masakatsu (1945–70), member of Shield Society and Mishima’s companion to death, 547, 594, 636, 689, 698, 699, 702–3, 723, 724, 728; birth of, 513–14; as chief of students, 636, 651, 669; death of, by disembowelment, 729; decapitation of Mishima by, 729; desire of, to kill himself, 703; at exhibition of Mishima’s works, 707; and Japan’s Longest Day, 514; meeting with Mishima by, 513; Mishima’s influence on, 515; participation by, in coup attempt and seppuku plan, 689, 690, 692, 698, 699, 703, 705–7, 708, 714, 718–20, 722–24, 727, 728, 729; and proposal to surround Diet, 651–52; reconnaissance of Camp Ichigaya by, 706, 718; rehearsal of planned action by, 719, 720; resistance movement and, 727; student life of, 514
Moriwaki (née Itaya) Ryōko (b. 1928?), 206–7, 211–13; Mishima’s offer to elope with, 207
Morning Azalea, The (Asa no tsutsuji), 315, 327
“Morning of Innocent Love, The” (Jun’ai no asa), 452
Moroi Saburō (1903–77), composer
Morris, Ivan (1925–96), British translator, author, 227, 272, 273, 286, 437–38, 643, 799
Morrison, Norman (1933–65), American war protester, 535
Moskowitz, Gene (1921–1982), American theater and film critic, 442
Most Happy Fella, The, 304
Moto’ori Norinaga (1730–1801), advocate of kokugaku, 86, 789
Mountbatten, Louis, Lord (1900–79), British governor-general of India, 524
Muirhead-Gould, Gerard Charles (1889–1945), British admiral, 645
Munen-ryū sword-fighting school, 733
Murakami Hyōe (1923–2003), writer, 539
Murakami Ichirō (1920–75), poet, writer, 545, 546
Murakami Tomoyoshi (1901–77), playwright, 411
Muramatsu Eiko (b. 1938), actress, 187, 654
Muramatsu Takeshi (1929–94), critic, student of French literature, 53, 116, 140, 415, 549, 584, 619, 627; meeting of, with Mishima over Sankei article, 700–701; on Mishima’s attempt to “restore theatricality,” 655; and Mishima’s family, 183; on Mishima’s homosexual tendencies, 182–84, 186–88; on Mishima’s idea for Constitutional reform, 667; on pollution problems, 696; on “theater troupe” of Shield Society, 653
Murayama Noriyuki (b. 1907?), naval ensign, 378
Murayama Tomoyoshi (1901–77), writer, 286 adapted Golden Pavilion into a play; impessed by China, 411
Mushiake Aromu (1923–91), writer, translator, 270, 488, 562
Music (Ongaku), 424, 552
musicals in New York: Happy Hunting, 304; Jamaica, 306; Li’l Abner, 305–6; The Most Happy Fella, 304; My Fair Lady, 304–5; New Girl in Town, 305; South Pacific, 305; The Threepenny Opera, 306–7; West Side Story, 306
Musset, Alfred de (1810–57), French novelist, 520
Mustafa Kemal Atatūrk (1881–1938, Turkish statesman, 321
Musume-gonomi obitori-no-ike. See Fond of Young Women: The Sash-Taking Pond
Mutaguchi Ren’ya (1888–1966), army general, 773
Mutai Risaku (1890–1974), philosopher, 534
My Fair Lady, 293, 304–5
My Father’s Hat (Chichi no bōshi), 518
My Friend Hitler (Waga tomo Hitler), 417, 580, 598; finished writing, 584; historical figures in, 580; inspired to write, 580; literary motive to write, 581; vs. Madame de Sade, 581; production of, 598; published in Bungakukai, 582; reasons for, 580–81; selected for inaugural of Rōman Gekijō, 596