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<p><p>in The Tradition Of Pico Iyer, A Witty And Revealing Insider's Journey Through A Modern Japan That Outsiders Seldom Glimpse<p></p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>ross (tunnel Visions) Pursues The Life And Especially The Violent Suicide By Seppuku, Or Hara-kiri, Of The Japanese Writer Yukio Mishima, At Age 45 In 1970. An English Journalist Who Studied Martial Arts And Later Worked In Japan And Learned Japanese, Ross Was Intrigued By Overlaps In Mishima's Life And His Own, In Terms Of Wondering How To Make One's Life More Worthwhile And Productive, And One's Death Magnificent. Mishima's Novels Harked Back To The Heroism Of Samurai Warriors Of Early Eras, And During His Life He Assiduously Mastered The Code Of The Knightly Class And Conditioned His Body In Ritual Sword Fighting. In Fact, Ross Learns That The Famous Sword Mishima Used On Himself In Tokyo's Eastern Army Group Headquarters Was Made By Seki No Magoroku In The 16th Century, And Has Subsequently Vanished. In Between A Visceral Blow-by-blow Account Of Mishima's Last Hours, Ross Alternates His Detailed, Gently Meandering Narrative With Fascinating Research Into The Art Of Japanese Sword Making. Ross's Journey Is Wonderfu

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Author

Christopher Ross

Publisher

Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780306815683

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

3.63 / 5 (160 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13