The Biggest Lie About Yukio Mishima
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- In November of 1970, Yukio Mishima and four of his comrades took a general hostage on a Japanese Military base. But, what was their intention? What did they hope to accomplish? In this video, I will separate the facts from fiction and detail what Yukio Mishima attempted to do on his final day.
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You need a reason to overthrow the government?
He sounds very theatrical and Shakespearean.
I read Confessions of a Mask, The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea and the Sea of Fertility Tetralogy, and honestly I feel that the traditionalist aspects of Mishima are emphasised a bit too much by readers who want to see him as someone wise, when in reality, he was more like a very talented yet troubled narcissist.
In Confession of a Mask he says his first obsession with a noble death actually came from reading stories about European knights who died in battle, and it had a strong homoerotic aspect to it. So he was more influenced by Western art and literature than some make him out to be. It was easy for him to later link this obsession with violence, death and beauty with the Samurai. There is very little thought for the fate of the common Japanese man in the Sea of Tetralogy, compared to Dostoevsky who also had strong nationalistic tendencies, but wrote a lot about the fate of the common man. Instead the Sea of Tetralogy is about him idealising these people who died young and good looking. To die young and beautiful is also an unhealty romantic ideal we can find among Western artists. In contrast with them, we have Honda who is the typical hard-working and serious Japanese who troubles no one and seems like what Mishiima wished to avoid. So by the end it seems like the main conflict is less about Japan vs the West and more about romanticism vs rationalism, with Mishima being what I would call a cynical romantic, like Nietzsche, someone influenced by romantic ideals but who was too cynical to align with the more sentimental aspects.
In The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea, the sailor obviously represents romantic ideals, while the children are Rashkolnikov like nihilists, and honestly they remind me of the kind of nihilistic teenage mentality that characterised black-metal bands in the 90s, who claimed to hate everything, murdered and burned churches, yet still longed for a romantic ideal represented by Norse pagan traditions and the beauty of the forest. In my analysis, I dont think Mishiima was as anti-West as some make it him to be, neither someone who cared much about the Japanese people (he seemed to only really care about himself), but someone who tried to live up to a romantic ideal, and he saw in the modern Japan a danger of loosing such romantic ideals, to be replaced only by boring, rational, law-abiding citizens who trouble no one. I think his fellow Kawabata was probably closer to a true Japanese traditionalist, tho he was far less theatrical about it.
The equation of nobility with narcissism and masculinity with homoeroticism is progressive propaganda. And your reading of Sailor is odd; Ryuji *gives up* his romantic life, and is killed by the boys *specifically because* they romanticize it and he destroys their ideal. They're only cynical about land life.
@@baloothebear9464 I am not equating nobility with narcissism and masculinity with homoeroticism. Dude was literally gay and had homoerotic fantasies involving violence. He wrote about that. I am basing my analysis on his own books, not secondhand interpretations. Also I dont see how my reading of The Sailor is different. I was saying that Ryuji represents romanticism, until he gives up, and the boys are a cynical distortion of romanticism, because they wish to live up to romantic ideals but they are cynical about everything. Noboru is very idealistic about life at sea, yeah, but the Chief is nihilistic about pretty much everything. If some people want to see him as some kind of wise right-wing prophet, its their deal, but dude really was more about his fascination with death, beauty and violence above any political agenda.
It’s nice to point out the truth about Mishima. It’s obvious that he didn’t really believe they were going to overthrow the Japanese government. Maybe he wanted to inspire others, but that’s far from having the crazy idea that he could lead a revolution. I’m glad you put this out there.
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Is it correct to insult him with the by now almost meaningless slur of fascist? This is Japan, not Europe. I always considered him more of a royalist then anything else. There is a difference.
Great video.
thanks for these videos. Very informative and much appreciated ✌️
actually I've thought about this for a long time now and haven't seen much of a response really because I wasn't looking for one, but I'm curious what do you think about mishimas views on misogyny and women? I agree with the fact that it takes a lot of maturity to see past some of a troubled artists bad qualities, which is funny because most artists in recent times have come to know controversy yet a lot of people just pick and choose who they support.
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Thanks for pointing out his suicide is performative
It is so frustrating that video essay writers out there just ignored this fact and keep on attcking Yukio mishima
Ultimately I say no, it was an elaborate play to set up his own death. Buuuut he probably would ride it out if it worked 😂
Not a coup.
But if Taylor Swift and 4 friends locked themselves in the lobby of NYCs Equitable Building in downtown Manhattan and then proceeded to film/live stream an assisted suicide that Taylor states shes doing because of XYZ... do you not think her celebrity status may not in her mind INSPIRE action?
Taylor Swift isn't gay.
No. I don't even think Trump could inspire action from amongst his fanatics. Taylor was fading in relevancy just a few years ago. It's not like anything changed about her music since then, it's still the same crap. Her current popularity is manufactured. Michael Jackson is probably the only person in recent memory who had a true cult-like worship that rivals Jesus. Since MJ has been gone for awhile, people have forgot what true popularity looks like.
I had never heard of Mishima till now. But after hearing of you speak on him I feel a great sympathy for him. He truly sounds like a genuine soul who would have made a great leader of Japan.
Ian goes he has "Terrible malignant lifestyles and philosophy" and added he's a nationalistic faschist and your retort...
"Sounds electable" 🤡
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