by Hiroaki Sato
My Mother, 582
My Pilgrimage Days (Watashi no henreki jidai), 149, 160, 171
My Puberty (Waga shishunki): depiction of first kiss in, 124–25; depiction of yearning for love affair in, 110
Myōshinji, 259
Nabeyama Sadachika (1901–79), Communist leader, 72
Nagai (née Matsudaira) Taka (1854–1923), Mishima’s paternal great-grandmother, 34
Nagai (née Mitani) Kuniko (b. 1927), 111, 122, 155, 156, 171, 179; breakup with Mishima, 186, 188; depiction of kissing, in Confessions of a Mask, 183–84; depiction of love for, in Confessions of a Mask, 185–86; encounter with Mishima at New York, 309; evacuated to Karuizawa, 124; literary encounter with Mishima, 157–60; married life of, 156; Mishima’s attraction toward, 108, 109–10, 124; on Mishima’s homosexual tendencies, 182; Mishima’s novel as revenge fantasy about, 197, 283; playing the piano, 109, 110; relationship with Mishima, 124–25; visiting Makoto at school, 122–23
Nagai Iwanojō (1846–1907), Mishima’s paternal great–grandfather career in law, 34; marriage to Taka, 34–35
Nagai Kafū (1879–1959), novelist, 84, 148; French poems and prose published by, 676; writings on former residence, 41–42; in Yochō-machi, 41
Nagai Kunio (b. 1915), bank employee, 159
Nagai Naomune (1816–91), Mishima’s paternal great–great–grandfather, 2, 32, 34, 37, 616, 742; as Japan’s first navy minister, 33; as magistrate for foreign affairs, 33; in Meiji government, 34
Nagai Naonori (n.d.), Tokugawa hatamoto, 32
Nagai Natsuko. See Hiraoka Natsuko
Nagai Yōnosuke (1924–2008), political scientist, 662
Nagaoka Minoru (b. 1924), vice-minister of finance, 3, 5, 7, 15, 242, 636, 731; background and Hiraoka Kimitake, 6; bureaucratic career of, 3–6; father of, 6; meetings of, with Hiraoka Kimitake, 5, 6; personality and character of, 3; school and college education of, 15–16
Nagaoka Teruko (1908–2010), actress, stage director, 205, 315, 349; as planning advisor of Bungaku-za, 360
Nagasugita haru. See Spring That Lasted Too Long, The
Nagata Masaichi (1906–85), movie studio head, 350 Nagoya Times, 530
Naitō Arau (Arō, 1883–1977), translator of French literature, 285
Nakadai Tatsuya (b. 1932), actor, 322, 324, 615, 795
Nakagawa Kojūrō (1866–1944), founder of Ritsumeikan University, 29
Nakahara Chūya (1907–37), poet, 254
Nakai Kōzō (1834–94), politician, 113
Nakajima Aircraft Manufacturing Company, 16, 116
Nakajō Toyoma (d. 1945), army colonel, 88
Nakamura Ganjirō I (1860–1935), kabuki actor, 247
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII (1909–88), kabuki actor, 397
Nakamura Kenji (n.d.), editor, 716
Nakamura Kichiemon I (1886–1954), kabuki actor, 613
Nakamura Mitsuo (1911–88), student of French literature, 130, 205, 221, 254, 398, 572, 585, 713; afterword to The Golden Pavilion, 268; argument of, on Tennō system, 568–69; rejection of Mishima’s literary works by, 147–48
Nakamura Nobumasa (n.d.), army general, 727
Nakamura Nobuo (1908–91), actor, 281, 557, 598
Nakamura Shin’ichirō (1918–97), poet, playwright, 245, 499
Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917–2001), kabuki actor, 241, 247, 248, 249, 315, 347, 397; as Nakamura Shikan VI, 247
Nakane Chie (b. 1926), social anthropologist, 521
Nakano Seigō (1886–1943), journalist, politician, 127, 379, 702; arrest and interrogation of, 127; as outspoken critic of Tōjō, 127; suicide and funeral of, 127
Nakano Yoshio (1903–85), student of English literature, 178, 220, 288
Nakasone Yasuhiro (b. 1919), prime minister, 697; apology to Mishima by, 669–70; as director-general of Defense Agency, 669; Japanese Constitutional revision proposed by, 665–66; on Shield Society, 669
Nakatani Noboru (1929–2006), actor, 281
Nakatsuji Kazuhiko (n.d.), editor, 482, 536, 553, 627, 628
Nakayama Gishū (1900–69), novelist, 193
Nakayama Masatoshi (1913–87), karate master, 705
Nakayama Taisaburō (1912–2003), iaidō master, 479
Nakazato Kaizan (1885–1944), novelist, 642
“naked festivals” (hadaka matsuri), 557–58
Nami, 544; What Is a Novel? written for, 281–82
Nanba Daisuke (1899–1924), terrorist, 709
Nanbara Shigeru (1889–1974), university president, 797
Nandemo miteyarō. See I’m Going to See Everything
Nanjing Massacre, 58, 654, 744
Nanshoku ōkagami. See Great History of Male Love
Narayama-bushi kō. See On the Narayama Song
Nathan, John (b. 1940), translator, author, 323, 767, 772, 775, 779; depiction of Mishima at parties by, 433–34; interviews of, for Mishima biography, 50–51; judgment of, on “Sorrels,” 55; severed relationship of, with Mishima, 434; on Silk and Insight, 432–33; translation works of, 432
National Defense Society, 513, 515
National Learning (kokugaku), 120, 366–67, 509, 781, 789; resemblance of, to Anglo-Saxon revival, 86; “Yamato spirit” popularity and, 86; Yasuda Yojūrō–style optimistic theory of, 117
National Mobilization Law (1938), 102
National Public Safety Commission, 4
Natsu no yami. See Darkness in Summer
Natsuko’s Adventures (Natsuko no bōken), 212–13, 244
Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916), novelist, 29, 258, 356, 741
Nature, 331
Naval Battle (Kaisen), 87
Navel and the Atomic Bomb, The (Heso to genbaku), 362
Navy Accounting School, Tsukiji branch of, 15–16
“Nawate Incident, The” (Nawate jiken), 112–14
Nayotake, 239, 240
Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889–1964), Indian political leader, 403, 523
Nemureru bijo. See Sleeping Beauties
Nemuri to okashi to rakka to. See Sleeping, Sinning, Falling
Nerval, Gérard de (1808–55), French writer and poet, 117, 648
Nettaiju. See Tropical Trees
New Directions, 275–77, 302
New Girl in Town, 305
New Sensibility School, 82, 345, 571
New Writing in Japan, 375
New York, Mishima’s trip to: American wealth and, 290–94; at bar in Harlem, 228; daily expenses of, 301; impression of the Goreliks, 302; at Japan Society party, 309–10; meeting with ACCF correspondents, 224–25; meeting with Julius Fleischmann, 290–91; meeting with Weatherby, 227; and Metropolitan Opera House, 225–26; and modern nō play production crew, 303–4, 309; musicals in, 304–7; at Radio City Music Hall, 291; on SS President Wilson, 221–24; and staging of modern nō plays, 294–97, 300–303, 308–9; surprise encounter with Kuniko, 309; at Van Rensselaer Hotel, 301–2
New York City Ballet, 307, 318
New York Times, 143, 299, 309, 310, 382, 657; full-page antiwar ad in, 443; review of Futabatei Shimei’s story in, 273
NHK Hall, Mishima’s visit to, 331–32
Nichigakudō (Nihon Gakusei Dōmei), 483, 513, 538, 547
Nichiren (1222–82), Buddhist proselytizer
Nichirin raisan. See “In Praise of the Sun”
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844–1900), German philosopher, 226, 235, 339, 376, 633, 648
nihilism, 338–40; active, 339; antirationalism deriving from, 339
Nihon Bunka Kaigi, 225
Nihon Dangi, 473
Nihon Dokusho Shinbun, 13, 14
Nihon Rōman-ha, 115, 161
Nihon Shoki. See History of Japan
Nijūshi no hitomi. See Twenty-four Eyes
Nikkeiren. See Japan Economic Federation
Nikutai no akuma, Japanese translatioin of Le Diable au corps, 423
Nikutai no gakkō. See School of the Flesh, The
Ninagawa Chikayoshi (n.d.), student of French literature, 185–86
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Ningen, 158, 162, 165, 169, 174, 176, 200; filed with the CIE, 151; Jinzai’s review published in, 176–77; Mishima’s works published in, 153–54, 164, 497; royalty payment of, 166; shabby treatment of authors by, 201
Nino’oka, Mishima’s visit to, 604
Nippon-sei. See Made-in-Japan
Nishi Takeichi (1902–45), army colonel, 711
Nishida Kitarō (1870–1945), philosopher, 120
Nishinomaru Hidehiko (character in The Aristocrats’ Staircase), 377
Nissay Theatre, 417; Arabian Nights, The staged at, 478; Miranda staged at, 590; production rights of The Joyful Koto, 417
Nisshin Seifun, 314
Nitta Hiroshi (1928–2003), editor, 584; desire of, to publish Mishima’s complete works, 706–7
Niwa Fumio (1904–2005), novelist, 87, 177
Nixon, Richard (1913–94), US president, 381–82, 656–57, 796
NLT, 416
No Longer Human (Ningen shikkaku), 164, 170
nō plays, 68; The Damask Drum (Aya no tsuzumi), 294–97; Eguchi, 338; Hanjo, 235, 286; Kantan, 194; The Lady Aoi (Aoi-no-ue), 294; The Potted Tree (Hachi no ki), 205–6; rhetorical style of, 121–22; Sotoba Komachi, 294; staging of, in New York, 294–97, 300–304, 308–10, 382; yūgen and flower in, 611
Nobel Prize, 392, 435–58, 521, 522, 544, 631, 639, 686; Americans receiving, 435; to Kawabata Yasunari, 584–85; Mishima aiming for, 431–34; Nathan mentions Mishima as candidate for, 435
Nobutoki Kiyoshi (1887–1965), composer, 98
Noda Utarō (1909–84), editor, critic, poet, 135, 150; dislike of Mishima by, 114–15; invitation of, to Mishima for fiction work, 114, 115; note to Kawabata for Mishima, 116
Nogi Maresuke (1849–1912), army general, 372, 531, 532, 622, 648, 756, 794; as follower of Yōmeigaku, 647
Noma Hiroshi (1915–91), novelist, 273
Nonaka Shirō (1905–36), army captain, 370
Nonaka Yuri (n.d.), collagist, 592
non-military military academy, 238–39
North Korea, 539, 643; guerrilla activities in the South, 643; spies sent by, 549–50
Nosaka Akiyuki (b. 1930), author, 45, 57, 69, 202, 658, 714; as bartender trainee, 214; job search by, 214; meeting with Mishima of, 215, 658; works of, on Mishima and his family, 70–71
Noshiro Incident, 549–50
“Not Falling in Love with Paris,” 232
Nothing Is More Expensive Than Something Free (Tada yori takai mono wa nai), 221
Novalis (Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, 1772–1801), German philosopher, 573
Novelist’s Holiday, A (Shōsetsuka no kyūka), 256, 258, 500, 501
nuclear testing by United States, 395
nuclear threat, 393–97; Berlin Crisis and, 395; hydrogen bomb, 396; nuclear contest between superpowers, 397
Nude and the Costume, The (Ratai to ishō), 272, 275, 311, 317
Nureyev, Rudolf (1938–93), ballet dancer, 518
Obata Hisao (n.d.), vice minister of defense, 730
O’Brien, Edna (b. 1930), Irish novelist, 438
Obuchi Keizō (1937–2000), prime minister, 484
Occupation censors, 173; Bowers’s first salvo to counter, 142; of open sexual expression, 173–74; of Sound of Waves, 245–46; of Yoshida’s works, 312
Oda Minoru (1932–2007), writer, 494, 637
Oda Nobunaga (1534–84), warlord, 410
Odakane Jirō (1911–90), biographer, 87, 94, 748; Hasuda Zenmei and His Death of, 677; on philistinism of Itō, 105
Ōe Kenzaburō (b. 1935), novelist, 204, 333, 338, 386, 339, 432, 454, 534, 620; as Mishima’s predicted Nobel Prize winner, 457; translatese of, 345
Ōe no Asatsuna (886–958), scholar–poet, 685
officer-candidate course, 14, 16; Mishima’s reasons for not choosing, 99, 100, 108; Mitani released from, 137
Ogasawara Yoshito (n.d.), Kawabata Yasunari’s friend, 174
Ogawa Bimei (1882–1961), novelist, writer of children’s stories, 78–79
Ogawa Gorō (aka Takasugi Ichirō; 1908–2008), translator, novelist, 201
Ogawa Masahiro (b. 1947?), member of Shield Society, 733, 734
Ogawa Tōru (1914–89), publisher-editor, 343, 701, 703, 708
Ohara Naoshi (1877–1967), politician, 145
O-Ichi-no-kata (1547?–83), Oda Nobunaga’s sister, 80
Ōishi Kuranosuke (1659–1703), leader of 47 samurai, 403
Ōji Paper, 95, 96, 102, 103
Okada Izō (1838–65), swordsman, 615
Okada Keisuke (1868–1952), prime minister, 364, 377
Okamoto Kihachi (1924–2005), film director, 324, 515
Ōkawa Shūmei (1886–1957), Asianist, 104–5
Okazaki Kazuichi (n.d.), businessman, 103
Oketani Hideaki (b. 1932), critic, 121
Okinawa, Battle of, 465; special attack force deployment in, 129
“Okinawa and Madama Butterfly’s Offspring,” 657
Okinawa Day turmoil, 640; Mishima’s assessment of, 617; and parade of Shield Society, 617; rallies and guerilla warfare, 616
Okinawa reversion, 535, 656, 735
Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830–78), minister of home affairs, 581
Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838–1922), prime minister, 25, 26
Okuno Takeo (1926–97), critic, 256; on Kyōko’s House, 333; on Mishima’s physical fitness, 261–62; on Spring Snow, 599
Old Capital, The (Koto), 399, 584; serialization of, 400
“Old Spring,” 556
Olivia, Marie-Claire (b. 1931), French actress, 237
Olympia, 37
Ōmiwa Shrine, visit to, 469
“On Defending Culture,” 560, 567; Hashikawa’s criticism of, 570; Mishima’s argument in defense of, 566; published in Chūō Kōron, 563
On the Earthman (Chijin-ron), 559
On the Narayama Song (Narayama-bushi kō), 281, 282, 360
“One Arm” (Kataude), 572
One Thousand and One Nights, 424
One Thousand and One-Second Stories, 82
Ongaku. See Music
Ōnishi Takijirō (1891–1945), admiral, 129; seppuku of, 374
Onna wa senryō-sarenai, 348
Ono Azusa (1852–86), legal scholar, 25
Ono Shigeru (n.d.), Hiraoka Mume’s son, 22–23, 70
Onoe Kikugorō VI (1885–1949), kabuki actor, 119, 140, 305, 613
Ōoka Makoto (b. 1931), poet, 379
Ōoka Shōhei (1909–88), student of French literature, novelist, 205, 273, 531–32
Oppenheimer, Robert (1904–67), American physicist, 224
orgasm, 377; as music, 424–25
Oriental mysticism, 142–43
Orikuchi Shinobu (also Shaku Chōkū, 1887–1953), poet, folklorist, 144, 331, 449–51
Orita Kōji (b. 1945), theater executive, 612
Orphée (dance drama), 282
Osaragi Jirō (1897–1973), novelist, 274
Ōshiko Shrine, 9
Ōshima Masamitsu (1884–1965), biologist, 119
Ōshima Nagisa (b. 1932), film director, 343, 391
Ōshio Heihachirō (1793–1837), philosopher, 647, 648
Ōsugi Jūichirō, 396
Ōtaguro Tomo’o (1834–76), Shinpūren leader, 471, 472
Ōtaguro Yasukuni (n.d.), officiator of Shingai Shrine, 475
Othello, 361
Otoko no shi. See Man’s Death, A
Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718?–85), poet, 97–98, 120–21
Ōtsu (663–86), imperial prince, 676
“Otto and Maya” (Ottō to Maya), 112
Our Era (Warera ga jidai), 333
“Oval Portrait, The,” 682
Ōwada Mitsuaki (n.d.), tattooist, 710
Owari no bigaku. See Aesthetic of Ending, The
“Owl, The,” 53
Ōya Atsushi (1885–1970), Mishima’s maternal granduncle, 34, 35
Ōya Sōichi (1900–70), journalist, 639
Ozawa Kinshirō (n.d.), choreographer, 590<
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Ozawa Seiji (Seiji Ozawa; b. 1935), conductor, 418
Pacific War, 173, 364, 388, 428, 465, 493, 532, 535, 559, 646. See also World War II; World War II and its aftermath
Pal, Radhabinod (1896–1967), military tribunal jurist, 744, 755
Panama, Norman (1914–2003), American screenwriter, 305
Parabellum, German author Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff ’s penname, 128, 752
Paris, 413; Japanese notables in, 348; Mishima’s portrait of, 232–33; Mishima’s trip to, 222, 233, 413, 456
Park Chung-hee (1917–79), Korean president, 670
Parkes, Harry (1828–85), British diplomat, 113–14
Passin, Herbert (1916–2003), American sociologist, 189, 224, 228
Pater, Walter (1839–94), English writer, 98, 450
“Patriotism.” See “Yūkoku”
“Peacocks” (Kujaku), 451
Peers School, 6; Higher Division of, 61, 99, 100, 111; Middle Division of, 59, 61, 63, 73; types of students at, 75
Percival, Arthur (1887–1966), British army general, 87
Perry, Matthew C. (1794–1858), Cmdr. of US Navy, 21, 35, 36, 470, 647
Personal Matter, A (Kojinteki-na taiken), 432
perverts, divisions among, 181
petition, to Japan Writers Association, 392
Phaedo, 718
Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1921), Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, 403
Piaf, Ėdith (1915–63), French singer, 348
Picture of Dorian Gray, The, 452
Pilgrimage to the Three Kumano Shrines (Mi-Kumano mōde), 449
“Pledge by Chrysanthemum Flower” (Kikka no chigiri), 555
Pocket Punch Oh!, 561, 641; Introduction to a Study of Action for, 638; Spiritual Lectures for Young Samurai for, 561
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809–49), American writer, poet, 216, 384
Police Reserve Force. See Keisatsu Yobitai
Political Boy Dies, The (Seiji shōnen shisu), 386, 388
Pollack, Sydney (b. 1934), American film director of The Yakuza, 658
Pornographers, The, 70, 658, 673
Porto-Riche, Georges de (1849–1930), French dramatist, 197
“Portrait at Eighteen and Thirty-four,” 331
Postwar Analects, 135
Potsdam Declaration, 136, 141
Potted Tree, The (Hachi no ki), 205–6
Pound, Ezra (1885–1972), American poet, 508