Fifty years ago, Japan's most famous writer committed suicide after a failed coup attempt – now, new photos add more layers to the haunting act
- Written by Kirsten Cather, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
Japanese author Yukio Mishima speaks to Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers at Tokyo's military garrison station on Nov. 25, 1970.JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty ImagesJapanese writer Yukio Mishima has long been a favorite of the international press. In a 1966 edition of Life magazine, he was called “Japan’s Dynamo of Letters” and...
