by Hiroaki Sato
poverty, 36, 37, 431, 520, 523, 630, 686; in Puerto Rico, 298; in Tōhoku region, 365–66
“Prayer Diary” (Inori no nikki), 112
“Preparations for the Night” (Yoru no shitaku), 164–65, 283
Presley, Elvis (1935–77), American singer, 403
Prétextes, 518
Principia Pædophilia, 691
“Principles of National Reformation,” 553
prisoners of war, 159, 214, 391, 465, 466, 532, 782
privacy: invasion of, 351–57, 779–80; Mishima’s essay on, 363
“Promises I Haven’t Kept: 25 Years Inside Me,” 688, 700
Proust, Marcel (1871–1922), French writer, 117–18, 190, 529, 632, 634, 676
pseudo-homosexual love, 180
Public Safety Preservation Law, 165, 404, 405, 406
Publishing Enterprise Ordinance, 102
publishing industry: government control of, 102, 175; restructuring of, 101
Puccini, Giacomo (1858–1924), Italian composer, 225, 412
“Puppy Waltz,” 100
Putsch, 369
Qu Yuan (3rd–4th centuries B.C.), Chinese poet, 118
Racine, Jean-Baptiste (1639–99), French dramatist, 196, 285
Radiguet, Raymond (1903–23), French novelist, 92, 124, 178, 185, 239, 283, 423, 483, 509; place in Mishima’s mind, 80–81
Raiō no terasu. See Terrace of the Leper King, The
Rangaku koto-hajime. See Beginning Dutch Learning
Ranryō’ō, description of music for, 633–34
Ratai to ishō. See Nude and the Costume, The
“rebellion,” 369, 410
recanting political beliefs, 72, 165, 166, 286, 404–8, 538, 746
Record of a Phantom Hut (Genjū-an no ki), 135
Record of Ancient Matters (Kojiki), 107, 366, 461
Red Army, 597; failed plan of, to attack prime minister’s residence, 642–43; formation of, 640
Red Purge, 199, 514
Red Star Over China, 441
Redon (gay bar), 208, 209, 328
Reflections in a Golden Eye, 562
“Regular and Irregular Armies, The,” 697
Reinhardt, Max (1873–1943), American stage actor and director, 141
Reisman, David (1909–2002), American sociologist, 224–25
religion, early interest in, 195–96
Reni, Guido (1575–1642), Italian painter, 235
Requiem for Battleship Yamato (Senkan Yamato no saigo), 312
Resnais, Alain (b. 1922), French film director, 351
“Resplendent Epistolary Exchange,” 517–20
Rest and Amusement Association, 138
“Retired Emperor Kazan” (Kazan-in), 80
“Revere the Tennō,” 470
RFK (Robert F. Kennedy) assassination, 553–54
“Rich in New York, The,” 291
Richie, Donald (b. 1924), American authority on Japanese film, 227–28, 274, 313, 349, 362, 439, 770
Ridgway, Matthew (1895–1993), US general, 220
Riefenstahl, Leni (1902–2003), German film director, 37
rightwing killers, 385–89; rising of, 387; threats of, to Fukazawa, 387–88. See also assassination
Rikugun Daigakkō, 787
Rilke Rainer, Maria (1875–1926), German poet, 104
Risshō ankoku-ron. See Establishment of the Teaching for the Protection of the Country
Rite of Love and Death, The, 441
Robbins, Jerome (1918–98), American choreographer, 306
Rockefeller, John D., III (1906–78), American philanthropist, 291
Rodenbach, Georges (1855–98), Belgian novelist, 718
Rodin, Auguste (1840–1917), French sculptor, 676
Röhm, Ernst (1887–1934), Nazi leader, 580
Röhm assassination, 581
Rokumeikan (Deer Cry Hall): 278, 279, 280
Rokumeikan, The, 315, 316; Countess Asako’s role in, 278; literary layer of, 280; as reinterpretation of grand ball description, 280; reviews of, 277
Rokuonji. See Kinkakuji
Rolland, Romain (1866–1944), French writer, 293
Romains, Jules (1885–1972), French poet, 747
Rōman Gekijō, 187, 557, 596
Ronsō Journal, 482, 483, 515, 536, 538, 540, 553, 554, 600; Counterrevolution Manifesto in, 600–601; severing relationship with Mishima, 627; sponsored by Tanaka, 538
Room of Sweet Honey, The (Amai mitsu no heya), 520
“Room You Can Lock, The” (Kagi no kakaru heya), 338
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882–1945), US president, 128, 647
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858–1919), US president, 28
Rose and the Pirate, The (Bara to kaizoku), 187, 316
Rose Palace, mystery of, 528
Rose Punishments (Bara-kei), 400
Rose Tree: Fake Lovers, The (Bara no ki: Nise no koibito-tachi), 699
Rosenberg, Alfred (1893–1946), German theorist, 648
Rossi, Jean Baptiste (Sébastien Japrisot,1931–2003), French author, film director, 236
Route, The (Rotei), 195
Runaway Horse, The (Honba), 311, 373, 463, 476, 482, 489, 494, 527, 544, 560, 594, 626, 629, 700; Okuno review of, 599; pivotal role of revolt in, 469; published by Shinchōsha, 598; Shinpūren inserted into, 476
Russell, Bertrand (1872–1970), British philosopher, 339, 516
Russo-Japanese War, 28, 368, 428, 532, 545, 599, 645
Ruy Blas, 307, 413
sabaku, “help the Tokugawa Government,” 470
Sade, Marquis de (1740–1814), French writer, 179
Sado Kōshaku Fujin. See Madame de Sade
Saegusa Festival, 469
Saeki Shōichi (b. 1922), student of American literature, 334, 687–88; discussion with Mishima on Japanese literature, 361; on Mishima’s stay in Brazil, 230; on protagonist of The Golden Pavilion, 268; translation works of, 392
Saga Revolt, 472–73, 715
Saigō Takamori (1828–77), rebel leader, 471, 508, 581, 649; as follower of Yōmeigaku, 647
Saigyō (1118–90), tanka poet, 338
“Sailor Killed by Hong Kong Flowers, The,” 469
Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, The (Gogo no eiko), 423, 431, 502
Sainte-Beuve, Charles (1804–69), French critic, 413
Saint-Saëns, Charles-Camille (1835–1921), French composer, 616
Saipan, 693; fall of, 107–8, 267; first fleet of B-29s based in, 111
Saito, George (b. 1917), student of Japanese literature, 188–89
Saitō Kōichi (b. 1935), photographer, 714
Saitō Makoto (1858–1936), prime minister, 364
Saitō Mokichi (1882–1953), tanka poet, 361
Saitō Naoichi (n.d.), judge, 695, 733
Saitō Yoshirō (n.d.), Mishima’s classmate at Peers School, 148
Sakaguchi Ango (1906–55), writer, 335, 706
Sakai Hiroshi (n.d.), Bank of Japan officer, 62
Sakakiyama Tamotsu, Mishima’s pseudonym, 442
Sakamoto Kazuki (1921–2002), editor, 168
Sakamoto Ryōma (1835–67), samurai, 239, 615
Sakamoto Ryūichi (b. 1952), musician, 391
Sākasu. See “Circus”
Sakuma Yoshiko (b. 1939), actress, 634, 721
Sakurada Takeshi (1904–85), businessman, 537, 538
Sakurai Shoten, Mishima’s fiction published by, 165
Salome (opera), 187, 225–26, 227, 360
San Francisco Peace Treaty, 521, 535
saniwa, 460–61
Sanjuro, 438
Sankei Shinbun, 653; “Promises I Haven’t Kept: 25 Years Inside Me” article in, 688, 700
Sano Manabu (1892–1953), Japan Communist Party chairman, 72
Sanpa Zengakuren (“Three Factions”), 786
Sansom, G. B. (1883–1965), British historian of Japan, 143–44
San’ya, 552
San’yū Incident, 388; investigator of, 670; victim of, 389
Sappho (
7th–6th century B.C.), Greek poet, 286
Sarashina nikki, 403
Sardine Hawker & the Dragnet of Love, The (Iwashiuri koi no hikiami), 248, 397
Sardou, Victorien (1831–1908), French dramatist, 412
Saroyan, William (1908–81), American dramatist, author, 239
Sarraute, Natalie (1900–99), French writer, 436
Sartre, Jean-Paul (1905–80), French philosopher, 248, 345
Sasaki Sōichi (1878–1965), constitutional scholar, 568
Sasameyuki. See Makioka Sisters
Sassa Atsuyuki (b. 1930), security bureaucrat, 156, 595, 642
Sassa Hiro’o (1897–1948), journalist, 155
Sassa Katsuaki (1926–86), journalist, author, 155
Sassa Teiko (b. 1928), politician, 128, 155, 160; career, 157; family background, 157; meeting with Mishima, 155–56; refusal to kiss Mishima, 156–57
Sata Ineko (1904–98), novelist, 534
Satō Akira (1886–1965), pediatrician, 520
Satō Eisaku (1901–75), prime minister, 341, 448; demonstrations against visit to US, 535–36, 656; meeting with Nixon, 656–57, 796–97
Satō Haruo (1892–1964), writer, poet, 81, 131, 149
Satō Isao (1915–2006), constitutional scholar, 666, 667
Satō Ryōichi (1924–2001), publisher, 326
Satō Saku (1905–96), student of French literature, 258
Satō Yoshio (d. 1967), publisher, 245
Satomura Kinzō (1902–45), novelist
Satow, Ernest (1843–1929), British diplomat, 113
Satsuma Rebellion, 471, 508
Satyricon, 707, 717
Saunders, Dale (1919–95), student of Romance language literature, 439
Savang Vatthana (1907–78), Laotian King, 529
Sawada Junjirō (1863–?), sexologist, 173
Sayonara, 306, 390
Schlegel, Friedrich von (1772–1829), German poet, 380, 564
Schnitzler, Arthur (1862–1931), Austrian author, 236
School of the Flesh, The (Nikutai no gakkō), 423
Schopenhauer, Arthur (1788–1860), German philosopher, 235, 485
Schüchter, Wilhelm (1911–74), German conductor, 331
Schwinger, Julian (1918–94), Nobel Prize–winning American physicist, 457
scientific socialism, 411
Scott-Stokes, Henry (b. 1938), British journalist, 167, 653, 707–8
Screams of Heroic Souls (Eirei no zekkyō), 464–69, 478; manuscript for, 464–65; Mishima’s advice on, 466; purpose of writing, 466
SDF. See Self-Defense Forces
Sea and Poison, The (Umi to dokuyaku), 673
“Sea and the Evening Glow, The” (Umi to yūyake), 270–71
Sea of Fertility, The (Hōjō no umi), 186, 311, 402–3, 456, 463, 507, 521, 524, 544, 638, 673, 707–8, 712, 725, 757; plotting and planning for fourth volume of, 684–85; protagonist Honda Shigekuni of, 469, 521, 599, 681, 701, 726
Season of Ashes, The (Hai no kisetsu), 115
“Season of the Sun, The” (Taiyō no kisetsu), 255, 564; film based on, 258; Mishima’s initial reaction to, 256–57; as winner of New Face Prize (1955), 256
Sebastian (d. circa 288), Christian saint and martyr, 176, 181, 227, 234–35, 266, 446–47, 591–92, 713
Second Sex, The, 403
Secret Drug, The (Higyō), 207
Secret: A Record of a Palau Battle (Hiwa Palau senki), 467
Seibu Department Store, 548
Seichō no Ie, 689–90
Seidensticker, Edward (1921–2007), translator of Japanese literature, 272
Seiji shōnen shisu. See Political Boy Dies, The
Seinen. See Youth, The
Seki Hiroko (1929–2008), actress, 193
Sekikawa Masakatsu (n.d.), gagaku authority, 634
self-centered sexual desire, 180
Self-Defense Forces, 332, 479, 485, 494, 602, 621, 630, 653, 659, 666, 698, 709, 728, 729; budget for, 631; Constitutional legitimacy of, 489–91, 550, 661, 665–66, 728; Kamikaze tactics and, 558; Mishima’s idea of splitting, 559–60, 663; Mishima’s plan for training with, 486, 488, 512; roles in national defense, 537, 542; size of, 560; spiritual education of, 491–92
Senda Koreya (1904–94), actor and stage director, 194, 205, 270
Senjinkun (Code of Conduct in the Battlefield), 782
Senkan Yamato no saigo. See Requiem for Battleship Yamato
Senshindō sakki, 649
Senuma Shigeki (1904–88), critic, 399
seppuku (disembowelment), 22, 35–36, 371–80, 434, 437, 440, 442, 478, 499, 510, 515; of Mishima, 572–77, 713–29
Setting Sun, The (Shayō), 160, 161, 163, 164, 170, 273
Sex and Life (Sei to seikatsu), 180
Sexualpathologie, 181, 182
Shadow, The, 383
shayō, 756. See also Setting Sun, The
Shi o kaku shōnen. See “Boy Who Writes Poems, The ”
Shiba Ryōtarō (1923–96), novelist, 9, 531; account of Gen. Nogi Maresuke, 648; Mishima’s appreciation for, 650
Shibusawa Tatsuhiko (1928–87), student of French literature, 361, 453, 517, 561, 588, 690
Shibuya, 6, 59, 201, 249, 534
Shichijō Shoin, 102, 103, 111, 147
Shichishō hōkoku (militarist-rightwing slogan), 719, 728
Shidehara Kijūrō (1872–1951), prime minister, 343, 346, 460
Shield Society (Tate no Kai), 187, 483, 546, 617, 619, 620, 639, 641, 651, 668, 671, 781; concerns for Mishima’s debate with Tōdai Zenkyōtō, 619, 620; disbandment, 732; draft for revised Constitution, 664, 666; financial burden of maintaining, 625–26, 670; first public parade of, 622, 625, 636, 652–54; hostage target of, 692, 695; “intelligence gathering” activities, 586, 590; International Antiwar Day and, 586–87; JNG officially named as, 582; launch of, 540–41; led third group, Mishima, 603; members’ gathering, 587; members involved in seppuku plan, 689, 690, 692, 693, 695, 698–701, 705, 710, 714, 716, 717, 721, 723, 724, 725; military uniform for, 582–84, 625; Mishima’s physical inadequacy during GSDF training of, 546–47; Nakasone’s derisive comment on, 669; photographing of members of, 714; rented temple for, 603; Ronsō Journal people’s decision to quit, 627–29; schism within, 602; study sessions with Yamamoto, 593–94; “surveillance-investigative training” of, 623; theoretical case for establishing, 563; training at GSDF Camp Narashino, 652; training at GSDF Camp Takigahara, 603–4, 631–32
Shiga Naoya (1883–1971), novelist called “deity of fiction,” 66, 77, 745; proposal of, to abandon the Japanese language, 137; views of, on Mishima’s fiction work, 115
Shiina Rinzō (1911–73), novelist, 168
Shiine Yamato (b. 1942), editor, writer, 480, 547–48, 625, 640; at International Antiwar Day demonstrations, 608–9
Shiizaki Jirō (1911–45), army colonel, 415
Shikata, Hyōgo, 9–10, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 31, 105
Shikiba Ryūzaburō (1898–1965), psychiatrist, 186, 453–54; Mishima’s correspondence with, 179–80
Shima Taizō (b. 1946), primatologist, 595, 608
Shimanaka Hōji (1923–97), publisher, 329, 385, 386
Shimazaki Hiroshi (b. 1933), editor, bibliographer, 704
Shimizu Corporation, 326
Shimizu Fumio (1894–1965), admiral (engineering), 25–26
Shimizu Fumio (1903–98), student of Japanese literature, 73, 104, 111, 131, 139, 473, 644, 711, 713; penname proposal for Hiraoka Kimitake, 91–92, 748; “teacher-disciple” relationship of, with Mishima, 85
Shimoyama Incident, 198
Shimoyama Sadanori (1901–49), president of Japan Railway, 198
Shinagawa Yajirō (1843–1900), minister of home affairs, 694, 800
Shinchō, 163, 188, 200, 201, 253, 254, 263, 286, 292, 311, 315, 338, 397, 399, 449, 456, 482, 489, 518, 526, 527, 585, 599, 625, 721, 723; Mishima’s essay in February 1963 issue of, 408; “The Sword” in October 1963 issue of, 419
Shinchōsha, 200, 245, 247, 326, 327, 335, 353, 392, 3
98, 401, 449, 584, 598, 603, 622, 686; blurb for Thirst for Love, 192; lawsuit against, for invasion of privacy, 353, 355–56, 393; publication of “selected writings of Mishima Yukio,” 316
Shindemoraimasu, 702–3
Shindō Ryōko (b. 1932), poet, 179, 758
Shingai Shrine, 472; Ōtaguro Yasukuni, officiator of, 475
Shingeki, 281, 413–14, 455
shin’i (divine will), 779
Shinjuku Station, 215, 589, 640, 719; demonstration at, 591; rampage on, 586
Shinmon Tatsugorō (1800?–75), leader of a firefighting group, 35
Shinoyama Kishin (b. 1940), photographer, 592, 713
Shinpa troupe: production of The Damask Drum, 412; production of The Golden Pavilion, 285–86
Shinpeitai Incident (1933), 695–96, 734
Shinpūren (Men of the Divine Wind), 91, 469, 473, 475, 476, 481, 483, 508, 655, 683, 715; as believers of Shinto divinity, 471; inspired by Gandhi, 475; kirijini ideal of, 602; Mishima’s erudition on, 475; mitegura and, 472; Ōtaguro Tomo’o as leader of, 471–72; rebelled against Westernization, 471; ukei and, 471, 472
Shinpūren Revolt, 469; double policy reversal leading to, 470; and impact on samurai, 470–71; success of, 477; against Westernization, 471
Shinran (1173–1262), Buddhist leader, 404
Shinshū Kōketsu-jō. See Divine State’s Tie-Dye Castle
Shinto, 175, 337, 450, 459–61, 470–71, 477, 572, 667, 690, 731, 732; and Kokutai Shintō, 668
Shintō Ichiryū sword-fighting school, 733
Shin-yūkan, 407
Shiomi Takaya (b. 1941), “supreme leader” of the Red Army, 642
Shiraishi Michinori (1910–45), army colonel, 514
Shirane Takayuki (n.d.), philosopher, 782
Shirato Sanpei (b. 1932), manga artist, 678
Shiroari no su. See Termite Mound, The
Shishi Bunroku. See Iwata Toyo’o
Shishido fiefdom, 34–36
Shisō no Kagaku, 388
Shitamachi, Tokyo, 321; B-29 bombing of, 122–23
Shizumeru taki. See Sunken Waterfall, The
Shōchiku, 141; films based on Mishima’s stories produced by, 244–45
Shōda Michiko (b. 1934), Empress Michiko, 314, 315, 330, 767
Shōken, Empress Dowager (1849–1914), 385
Shokun!, 650
Sholokhov, Mikhail (1905–84), Russian writer, 467
Shōnen. See “Boy, The”
Shōnen-ai no bigaku. See Aesthetics of the Love of Boys, The
Short-term Active Duty Program, 14
Shōsetsu Shinchō, 556
Shōsetsuka no kyūka. See Novelist’s Holiday, A