A Moment of Sorrow: Yukio Mishima, Standing at the End of His Soul (1970)

A Moment of Sorrow: Yukio Mishima, Standing at the End of His Soul (1970)

In the late 1960s and 1970s, Japan was in the midst of a period of rapid economic growth, and the loss of traditional culture and spirituality was being discussed. His death was the ultimate in aesthetics. His death was the ultimate in aesthetics, and while Kawabata Yasunari and others praised his work, politicians were wary of it. His literature through "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" and "The Sea of Fertility" continues to question the depths of Japanese spirituality. His actions have been passed down to the present day as an inquiry into Japanese culture.