Federico Goglio (Sköll): “Mishima was very upset at the idea of ​​committing suicide” [Interview]

“ All around him, in vastness and disorder, stretched the country for which he suffered. He was going togive his life. But this great country, which he was ready to challenge to the point of destroying himself, would he even pay attention to his death? He didn’t know; and too bad. Hewas dying on a battlefield withoutglory, … Read more

Bookmark. Mishima, blood and ink in the name of Tradition

Yukio Mishima Fifty-two years ago, on November 25, 1970, shortly after noon, the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide) in the offices of the Japanese Ministry of Defense in Tokyo. The openly declared reason was the opposition to the decadence of his country and to the article 9 of the Constitution imposed by … Read more