Tag: literature
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Mishima Yukio’s Manifesto
Introduction by Christopher Smith, University of Floria. Published on May 10, 2021 Mishimia Yukio 三島由紀夫 (1925-1970) was one of Japan’s premier postwar novelists, and led a varied and interesting life. He was, most scholars agree, a closeted gay man who burst onto the literary scene in 1949 with his Confessions of a Mask (kamen no kokuhaku 仮面の告白), a… Read more
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The End of the Battleship Yamato (1946)
Introduction by Christopher Smith, University of Florida. Published on May 17, 2021. The IJN Yamato was the largest battleship ever built. Its 46 cm/45 caliber main guns were the largest ever mounted on a ship. It was a feat of engineering, the pride of the Japanese fleet, and—bearing the name of the province where the imperial court originated—a… Read more