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Yukio Mishima with his cats

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When a boy…discovers that he is more given into introspection and consciousness of self than other boys his age, he easily falls into the error of believing it is because he is more mature than they. This was certainly a mistake in my case. Rather, it was because the other boys had no such need of understanding themselves as I had: they could be their natural selves, whereas I was to play a part, a fact that would require considerable understanding and study. So it was not my maturity but my sense of uneasiness, my uncertainty that was forcing me to gain control over my consciousness. Because such consciousness was simply a steppingstone to aberration and my present thinking was nothing but uncertain and haphazard guesswork.

yukio mishima, confessions of a mask

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Yukio Mishima as Saint Sebastian, 1968, by Kishin Shinoyama.

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[...] to encounter reality in some field where words should play no part at all.

— Yukio Mishima, Sun and Steel

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The Death of a Gymnast / The Wall.

Yukio Mishima: The Death of a Man Photography by Kishin Shinoyama

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While they danced, they laughed—a spirit-destroying laugh.

Yukio Mishima, Forbidden Colors (Trans. Alfred H. Marks)

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