How the Oscar Wilde of Japan tried to stage a military coup

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How the Oscar Wilde of Japan tried to stage a military coup
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🟤 Popular and acclaimed, Yukio Mishima was a hero of Japan's post-war literary scene. Why did his life come to such a bloody end?

One of the best-known images of Yukio Mishima shows him standing on a balcony in tight-fitting military dress uniform, shiny buttons arrayed up both sides of his broad chest. A rising sun bandana wrapped around his head, he rests one gloved hand on his hip while thrusting the other outwards as he addresses the crowd below. He appears every inch the demagogue.

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