From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Yukio Mishima (January 14, 1925–November 25, 1970), was a Japanese author and playwright, known for such works as Confessions of a Mask and his spectacular suicide.
Major works
Japanese Title
| English Title
| Year
| English translation, year
| ISBN
|
假面の告白 Kamen no Kokuhaku
| Confessions of a Mask
| 1948
| Meredith Weatherby, 1958
| ISBN 0-8112-0118-X
|
愛の渇き Ai no Kawaki
| Thirst for Love
| 1950
| Alfred H. Marks, 1969
| ISBN 4-10-105003-1
|
禁色 Kinjiki
| Forbidden Colors
| 1953
| Alfred H. Marks, 1968-1974
| ISBN 0-375-70516-3
|
潮騷 Shiosai
| The Sound of Waves
| 1954
| Meredith Weatherby, 1956
| ISBN 0-679-75268-4
|
金閣寺 Kinkaku-ji*
| The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
| 1956
| Ivan Morris, 1959
| ISBN 0-679-75270-6
|
鏡子の家 Kyōko no Ie
| Kyoko's House
| 1959
|
| ISBN
|
宴のあと Utage no Ato
| After the Banquet
| 1960
| Donald Keene, 1963
| ISBN 0-399-50486-9
|
午後の曳航 Gogo no Eikō
| The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
| 1963
| John Nathan, 1965
| ISBN 0-679-75015-0
|
絹と明察 Kinu to Meisatsu
| Silk and Insight
| 1964
| Hiroaki Sato, 1998
| ISBN 0-7656-0299-7
|
三熊野詣 Mikumano Mōde (short story)
| Acts of Worship
| 1965
| John Bester, 1995
| ISBN 0-87011-824-2
|
サド侯爵夫人 Sado Kōshaku Fujin (play)
| Madame de Sade
| 1965
| Donald Keene, 1967
| ISBN 0-394-17304-X
|
憂國 Yūkoku (short story)
| Patriotism
| 1966
| Geoffrey W. Sargent, 1966
| ISBN 0-8112-1312-9
|
真夏の死 Manatsu no Shi
| Death in Midsummer and other stories
| 1966
| Edward G. Seidensticker, Ivan Morris, Donald Keene, Geoffrey W. Sargent, 1966
| ISBN 0-8112-0117-1
|
葉隠入門 Hagakure Nyūmon
| Way of the Samurai
| 1967
| Kathryn Sparling, 1977
| ISBN 0-465-09089-3
|
わが友ヒットラー Waga Tomo Hittorā (play)
| My Friend Hitler and Other Plays
| 1968
| Hiroaki Sato, 2002
| ISBN 0-231-12633-6
|
太陽と鐡 Taiyō to Tetsu
| Sun and Steel
| 1970
| John Bester
| ISBN 4-7700-2903-9
|
豐饒の海 Hōjō no Umi
| The Sea of Fertility tetralogy:
| 1964- 1970
|
| ISBN 0-677-14960-3
|
I. 春の雪 Haru no Yuki
| 1. Spring Snow
| 1968
| Michael Gallagher, 1972
| ISBN 0-394-44239-3
|
II. 奔馬 Honba
| 2. Runaway Horses
| 1969
| Michael Gallagher, 1973
| ISBN 0-394-46618-7
|
III. 曉の寺 Akatsuki no Tera
| 3. The Temple of Dawn
| 1970
| E. Dale Saunders and Cecilia S. Seigle, 1973
| ISBN 0-394-46614-4
|
IV. 天人五衰 Tennin Gosui
| 4. The Decay of the Angel
| 1970
| Edward Seidensticker, 1974
| ISBN 0-394-46613-6
|
*
For the temple called Kinkaku-ji, see Kinkaku-ji.