Lorenzo Natural
"Human life is short, but I want to live forever."
There are people that the past has given us and we seem mysterious, difficult to decipher. Or just us not being able to understand the meaning and teaching that have left among the flurry of fast and relentless pace of history. Yukio Mishima is definitely one of these: playwright, writer of appreciated value, the only modern Japanese author "was worthy to stage their performances in theater and Kabuchi No" , but also a man who was not afraid to face death as collateral for the loyalty that has always given to his country, Japan.
would be simplistic to talk about Mishima citing his work or drawing a mere story artistic biography, leaving out what really shines in the minds of those fortunate enough to understand the stature and greatness. However, assuming that not everybody has this figure of Mishima, I believe that a nod to the situation and the context in which he is part is mandatory.
After the Second World War with the victory of U.S. democracy and those of Europe, Japan, which as we know it formed the so-called Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis as opposed to the first powers-that I mentioned found himself in a very delicate: on one hand the last shreds of resistance (heroic, but disorganized) anti-American, the other a country devastated by the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. To avoid falling into the abyss of isolation, the government and the emperor decided to approve a new pacifist constitution in 1947, de facto by the United States, a country that occupies the former Empire of the Rising Sun until 1952. Japan found itself thus to pay a high price for the defeat of the conflict, however, helped by the same USA-economic recovery was almost immediate, making Japan one of the pillars of the global economy of the modern world.
If this progressive streak since '52 has shown its positive side, it is useless to hide the fact that the total submission to the winners has been injured in the final almost ancient roots Japanese Empire, and with them the spirit of men who had dedicated heart and soul of the sacred imperial supreme ideal.
And in this political humus, old and forgotten heroes of young men with the spirit and the look is still facing the sunlight at sixteen spokes of the old flag archipelago, is part of the young life of Yukio Mishima (Hiraoka Kimitake pseudonym).
course the usual moralistic gossips have not hesitated to call Mishima a "pro-Nazi-fascist" (a term somewhat inappropriate, but that has been done-and you-a disproportionate use), unable to accept the figure of a man that despite the defeat of his country, has remained faithful to it until the last day of his life. Mishima was not an extremist, not liked to call himself neither right nor left, he was a traditionalist, a nationalist, a conservative decadent, as was defined symbolically Moravia. He would not let you bend the laws of Japan American market capitalism at the expense of the secular laws of the samurai code of honor and Bushi-do: in short, one might say a dreamer, a romantic who does not agree to submit to the new masters, knowing in his heart, that the its resistance would have been fruitless in the long term.
The first Mishima, however, was a young man like many others, engaged in studies and working activities of the legal field, which soon discovered not to be fit for his own ego. Yukio left this way to take the hardest route of writing, in this art could better express their feelings, which were not confined to political issues, indeed: in the early masterpieces ( Confessions of a Mask and even more in forbidden colors) reflected the aesthetic soul of the writer. Between the pages of his works are interwoven with interesting-stories-autobiographical novel of Narcissus, homosexual relationships and psychological analysis. The cult of the aesthetic beauty became a cornerstone of Mishima: a cult of the body to extremes, but that coincides with the ideal of perfection due not only to the spirit of Japanese culture, but also to the traditions of the perfect men's physical and seeds -gods of ancient Greece, which often claimed to be inspired by Yukio.
worship and care of your body that took him to engage in culture, in addition to the practice of many martial arts. The search for the perfect balance between aesthetics and interiority, and thought "armor," exteriority and essence was always the foundation of his life.
In Mishima, this way of life had considerable influence on the spiritual, but above all "political." His almost fanatical devotion to training your body constantly, Yukio led to the founding Tate no kai, a small group of faithful warriors willing to reincarnate the symbolic value of the old samurai: love and defense of the American homeland and sought their own balance.
Honesty, Courage, Honesty, Honor, Duty and Loyalty: The Way of the warrior who had traced the old masters, relived of light shining in Mishima and his army. The Imperial Sun shines again on steel reinforcement of the new Japanese warriors, the Emperor-seen as a symbol sacred to the tradition, and not as a single man was still surrounded by a bunch of men who have given their very lives to defend its shadow.
However, reluctantly, Mishima had now to see how his country had been irreversibly corrupted by the new gods of modernity, who settled between commodity fetishism and the greed of the market. Only a few continued to oppose the New Japan, distant relative of quell'ancestrale mysticism that characterized the Old Country of the Rising Sun.
Unable to live in a world not his own, gripped by a feeling of disorientation more internal than physical, Mishima, and the last samurai loyal to him decided to scream the whole country their last cry for freedom. Occupied the building of self-defense army, loudly praised Mishima, for the last time, the spirit of Imperial Japan. Unheeded, he took his own life along with the trusted friend Morita with the practice of the samurai seppuku (not to be confused with the 'harakiri ). Everything was taken over by the camera lenses of incredulous journalists, who were totally amazed by the clarity that Mishima kept up-and-even during the time of suicide.
So November 25, 1970-date, however, appointed several months earlier by the same-Mishima, Yukio Mishima at the age of 45 years decided to die with his country on the brink of the precipice of modernity that Japanese writer had always fought. The firmness, calmness, balance achieved, Yukio allowed to take the path of awareness and the necessity of death with such clarity as to frighten any man of this time half the story.
A lesson to live and die a few men were able to soak in human events of the last half century.
In this light, groped, as we usually do, to tie in Mishima one or the other label, is not only simplistic, but shame for a man who for better or for worse, has lived according to an Ideal. Judge whether it was more or less sensible the final sacrifice of Yukio would make no sense, and neither would the moralizing judgments on alleged repudiation of life on the part of Mishima.
may seem rhetorical, but in a country from its most depraved living traditions from its brightest, most hidden by her charms, Mishima would restore vigor to everything. And if that was not enough to change something in purely practical and political, his memory remains indelible in those fortunate enough to appreciate the meaning of his deeds are carved in memory of history, his works printed books in the library.
The sacrifice of one's life is so hard to surrender to the will of a "want to live forever" , but especially the last act of loyalty to a supreme ideal, a "highest respect for life. A value that is not freedom, not democracy, but it is Japan ".
would be simplistic to talk about Mishima citing his work or drawing a mere story artistic biography, leaving out what really shines in the minds of those fortunate enough to understand the stature and greatness. However, assuming that not everybody has this figure of Mishima, I believe that a nod to the situation and the context in which he is part is mandatory.
After the Second World War with the victory of U.S. democracy and those of Europe, Japan, which as we know it formed the so-called Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis as opposed to the first powers-that I mentioned found himself in a very delicate: on one hand the last shreds of resistance (heroic, but disorganized) anti-American, the other a country devastated by the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. To avoid falling into the abyss of isolation, the government and the emperor decided to approve a new pacifist constitution in 1947, de facto by the United States, a country that occupies the former Empire of the Rising Sun until 1952. Japan found itself thus to pay a high price for the defeat of the conflict, however, helped by the same USA-economic recovery was almost immediate, making Japan one of the pillars of the global economy of the modern world.
If this progressive streak since '52 has shown its positive side, it is useless to hide the fact that the total submission to the winners has been injured in the final almost ancient roots Japanese Empire, and with them the spirit of men who had dedicated heart and soul of the sacred imperial supreme ideal.
And in this political humus, old and forgotten heroes of young men with the spirit and the look is still facing the sunlight at sixteen spokes of the old flag archipelago, is part of the young life of Yukio Mishima (Hiraoka Kimitake pseudonym).
course the usual moralistic gossips have not hesitated to call Mishima a "pro-Nazi-fascist" (a term somewhat inappropriate, but that has been done-and you-a disproportionate use), unable to accept the figure of a man that despite the defeat of his country, has remained faithful to it until the last day of his life. Mishima was not an extremist, not liked to call himself neither right nor left, he was a traditionalist, a nationalist, a conservative decadent, as was defined symbolically Moravia. He would not let you bend the laws of Japan American market capitalism at the expense of the secular laws of the samurai code of honor and Bushi-do: in short, one might say a dreamer, a romantic who does not agree to submit to the new masters, knowing in his heart, that the its resistance would have been fruitless in the long term.
The first Mishima, however, was a young man like many others, engaged in studies and working activities of the legal field, which soon discovered not to be fit for his own ego. Yukio left this way to take the hardest route of writing, in this art could better express their feelings, which were not confined to political issues, indeed: in the early masterpieces ( Confessions of a Mask and even more in forbidden colors) reflected the aesthetic soul of the writer. Between the pages of his works are interwoven with interesting-stories-autobiographical novel of Narcissus, homosexual relationships and psychological analysis. The cult of the aesthetic beauty became a cornerstone of Mishima: a cult of the body to extremes, but that coincides with the ideal of perfection due not only to the spirit of Japanese culture, but also to the traditions of the perfect men's physical and seeds -gods of ancient Greece, which often claimed to be inspired by Yukio.
worship and care of your body that took him to engage in culture, in addition to the practice of many martial arts. The search for the perfect balance between aesthetics and interiority, and thought "armor," exteriority and essence was always the foundation of his life.
In Mishima, this way of life had considerable influence on the spiritual, but above all "political." His almost fanatical devotion to training your body constantly, Yukio led to the founding Tate no kai, a small group of faithful warriors willing to reincarnate the symbolic value of the old samurai: love and defense of the American homeland and sought their own balance.
Honesty, Courage, Honesty, Honor, Duty and Loyalty: The Way of the warrior who had traced the old masters, relived of light shining in Mishima and his army. The Imperial Sun shines again on steel reinforcement of the new Japanese warriors, the Emperor-seen as a symbol sacred to the tradition, and not as a single man was still surrounded by a bunch of men who have given their very lives to defend its shadow.
However, reluctantly, Mishima had now to see how his country had been irreversibly corrupted by the new gods of modernity, who settled between commodity fetishism and the greed of the market. Only a few continued to oppose the New Japan, distant relative of quell'ancestrale mysticism that characterized the Old Country of the Rising Sun.
Unable to live in a world not his own, gripped by a feeling of disorientation more internal than physical, Mishima, and the last samurai loyal to him decided to scream the whole country their last cry for freedom. Occupied the building of self-defense army, loudly praised Mishima, for the last time, the spirit of Imperial Japan. Unheeded, he took his own life along with the trusted friend Morita with the practice of the samurai seppuku (not to be confused with the 'harakiri ). Everything was taken over by the camera lenses of incredulous journalists, who were totally amazed by the clarity that Mishima kept up-and-even during the time of suicide.
So November 25, 1970-date, however, appointed several months earlier by the same-Mishima, Yukio Mishima at the age of 45 years decided to die with his country on the brink of the precipice of modernity that Japanese writer had always fought. The firmness, calmness, balance achieved, Yukio allowed to take the path of awareness and the necessity of death with such clarity as to frighten any man of this time half the story.
A lesson to live and die a few men were able to soak in human events of the last half century.
In this light, groped, as we usually do, to tie in Mishima one or the other label, is not only simplistic, but shame for a man who for better or for worse, has lived according to an Ideal. Judge whether it was more or less sensible the final sacrifice of Yukio would make no sense, and neither would the moralizing judgments on alleged repudiation of life on the part of Mishima.
may seem rhetorical, but in a country from its most depraved living traditions from its brightest, most hidden by her charms, Mishima would restore vigor to everything. And if that was not enough to change something in purely practical and political, his memory remains indelible in those fortunate enough to appreciate the meaning of his deeds are carved in memory of history, his works printed books in the library.
The sacrifice of one's life is so hard to surrender to the will of a "want to live forever" , but especially the last act of loyalty to a supreme ideal, a "highest respect for life. A value that is not freedom, not democracy, but it is Japan ".