Yukio Mishima bibliography


The bibliography of Kimitake Hiraoka, pen name Yukio Mishima, includes novels, novellas, short stories and literary essays, as well as plays that were written not only in a contemporary-style, but also in the style of classical Japanese theatre, particularly in the genres of noh and kabuki. However, although Mishima took themes, titles and characters from the noh canon, he included his own twists and modern settings, such as hospitals and ballrooms, which startled audiences who were accustomed to the long-settled originals.
In total, Mishima wrote 34 novels, about 50 plays, 25 books of short stories, and at least 35 books of essays, one libretto, as well as one film.
An asterisk denotes works written in Mishima's Gakushūin period. This article was completed with reference to the Japanese Wikipedia entry of Mishima. For a full list of his works, see work by Yamazaki in the further reading.

Novels

Tōzoku, 1948
  • * Tōzoku―Dai 1-Shō Monogatari no Hottan 1948
  • * Tōzoku―Dai 2-Shō Kesshin to sono Fushigina Kōka 1947
  • * Tōzoku―Dai 3-Shō Deai 1948
  • * Tōzoku―Dai 4-Shō Shūto na Kyōbō―Jō ''Thieves―Chapter 4 Careful Conspiracy―upper 1948
  • * Tōzoku―Dai 5-Shō Shūto na Kyōbō―Ge ''Thieves―Chapter 5 Careful Conspiracy―second 1948
  • * Tōzoku―Dai 6-Shō Jikkō―Mijikaki Daidanen 1948 Kamen no Kokuhaku '', 1949Ai no Kawaki, 1950Junpaku no Yoru, 1950Ao no Jidai, 1950Natsuko no Bōken, 1951Nippon-sei, 1952-1953Kinjiki
  • * Kinjiki, 1951
  • * Higyō, 1953Koi no Miyako, 1954Shiosai, 1954Megami, 1954-1955Shizumeru Taki, 1955Kōfukugō Shuppan, 1955（Book Published in 1956）Kinkaku-ji, 1956Nagasugita Haru, 1956Bitoku no Yoromeki, 1957Kyōko no Ie, 1959
  • * Kyōko no Ie Dai-1 bu
  • * Kyōko no Ie Dai-2 bu Utage no Ato, 1960Ojōsan, 1960Kemono no Tawamure, 1961Utsukushii Hoshi, 1962Ai no Shissō, 1963Gogo no Eikō, 1963Nikutai no Gakkō, 1963（Book Published in 1964）Kinu to Meisatsu, 1964Ongaku, 1964Fukuzatsuna Kare, 1966Yakaifuku, 1967Mishima Yukio Letter Kyōshitsu, 1967-1968Inochi Urimasu, 1968Hōjō no Umi
  • * Haru no Yuki, 1965-1967（Book Published in 1969）
  • * Honba, 1967-1968（Book Published in 1969）
  • * Akatsuki no Tera, 1968-1970（Book Published in 1970）
  • * Tennin Gosui, 1970-1971（Book Published in 1971）

Short stories

Sukanpo―Akihiko no osanaki omoide, 1938 *Zazen Monogatari, 1938 *Hakamairi, 1938, part of the 鈴鹿鈔 series *Gyōshō Seika, 1938, part of the「鈴鹿鈔」series *Yakata, 1939, an unfinished and unpublished Short Story *Kokoro no Kagayaki, 1940, unfinished *Koguma no Hanashi, 1940 *Shinkan, 1940 *Damie-garasu, 1940 *Hanazakari no Mori, 1941（Book Published in 1944）*Aokakiyama no Monogatari, 1942 *Ottō to Maya, 1942 *Minomo no Tsuki, 1942 *Tamakiharu, 1942 *Yoyo ni Nokosan, 1943 *Inori no Nikki, 1943 *Mandara Monogatari, 1943 *Hiougi, 1944 *Asakura, 1944 *Yoru no Kuruma, 1944

Short story collections

Hanazakari no Mori, 1944Misaki nite no Monogatari, 1947Yoru no Shitaku, 1948Magun no Tsūka, 1949Kaibutsu, 1950Manatsu no Shi, 1953 — includes PatriotismHashi-zukushi, 1958Sutā, 1961Mikumano Mōde, 1965

Plays

Shingeki

Higashi no Hakase tachi, 1939 *Rotei, 1939, unpublished *Kirusuto Koutanki, 1939 *Yakata, 1939, unfinished *Yagatemi Date to, 1943 *Ayame, 1948Kataku, 1948Ai no Fuan, 1949Tōdai, 1949Niobe, 1949Seijo, 1949Majinreihai, 1950Koi ni Natta Oshōsan, 1951Shinshi, 1952, silent playTada Hodo Takai Mono wa Nai, 1952Yoro no Himawari, 1953Wakodo yo Yomigaere, 1954Bokushingu, 1954Koi niwa Nanatsu no Kagi ga Aru, 1955Sangenshoku, 1955Fune no Aisatsu, 1955Shiroari no Su, 1955Daishōgai, 1956Rokumeikan, 1956Asa no Tsutsuji, 1957Bara to Kaizoku, 1958Onna wa Senryo Sarenai, 1959Nettaiju, 1960Toka no Kiku, 1961Kuro-tokage, 1961Yorokobi no Koto, 1964Koi no Hokage, 1964Sado Kōshaku Fujin, 1965Shitakiri Suzume, 1965Suzaku-ke no Metsubō, 1967Waga Tomo Hittorā, 1968Raiō no Terasu, 1969

Modern Noh Plays

Kindai Nōgaku shu Kantan, 1950Aya no Tsuzumi, 1951Sotoba Komachi, 1952Aoi no Ue, 1954Hanjo, 1955Dōjōji, 1957Yuya,, 1959Yoroboshi, 1960Genji Kuyō,, 1962Busu, a Modern Kyogen play written in 1957, published in 1971, but was never performed professionally.Long After Love, a compilation of other Modern Noh plays for performance in New York, written in 1957, published in 1971

Kabuki

Jigoku Hen, 1953 Iwashi Uri Koi Hikiami, 1954Yuya , Yuya, 1955Fuyō no Tsuyu Ōuchi Jikki, 1955, an adaptation of Euripides' Hippolytos and Racine's PhèdreMusume-gonomi Obi Tori no Ike, 1958Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki'', 1969

Ballet

Miranda,, 1968

Libretto

Minoko,, 1964

Operetta

Toketa Tennyo, 1954, never premieredBon Dia Senyōra, 1954

Buyō

Konkai Kikunoariake, 1944, never premieredHade-kurabe Chikamatsu Musume, 1951Himegimi to Kagami, 1951Muromachi Hangonkō 1953Hashi-zukushi ''The Seven Bridges, 1958

Translated Adaptations

Literary, Art, and Drama Criticism

  • Tanaka Fuyuji Shōron, 1940 *
  • Ōchō Shinri Bungaku Shōshi, 1942 *
  • Kokon no Kisetsu, 1942 *
  • Ise Monogatari no Koto, 1942 *
  • Uta wa Amaneshi, 1942 *
  • Yumeno no Shika, 1943 *
  • Koza no Gyokuseki ― Itō Shizuo Oboegaki, 1944 *
  • Dan Kazuo「Hanagatami」― Oboegaki, 1944 *
  • Kawabata shi no「Jojōka」ni Tsuite, 1946
  • Sōjūrō no Koto nado ― Haiyū Ron, 1947
  • Sōjūrō Oboegaki, 1947
  • Sōmonka no Genryu,, 1948
  • Jōshi ni Tsuite ― Yaya Kyōgeki na Giron, 1948
  • Kawabata Yasunari Ron no Ichi Hōhō ―「Sakuhin」ni Tsuite, 1949
  • Nakamura Shikan Ron, 1949
  • Shōsetsu no Gikō ni Tsuite, 1949
  • Ugetsu Monogatari ni Tsuite, 1949
  • Goku Mijikai Shōsetsu no Kōyō, 1949
  • , 1950
  • Bungaku ni Okeru Haru no Mezame, 1951
  • Hihyōka ni Shōsetsu ga Wakaruka, 1951
  • Shin Koten Ha, 1951
  • Nihon no Shōsetsuka wa Naze Gigyoku o Kakanai ka?, 1951
  • Dan Kazuo no Hiai, 1951
  • 「Hanjo」Haiken, 1952
  • Hizoku na Buntai ni Tsuite, 1954
  • Wattō no《Shiteeru e no Funade》, 1954
  • Akutagawa Ryūnosuke ni Tsuite. 1954
  • Yokomitsu Toshikazu to Kawabata Yasunari, 1955
  • Kawabata Yasunari Besuto・Surī ―「Yama no Oto」「Sorihashi Rensaku」「Kinjū」, 1955
  • Geijutsu ni Erosu wa Hitsuyō ka, 1955
  • Fukuda Tsuneari shi no Kao, 1955
  • Katō Michio shi no Koto, 1955
  • Boku no Eiga o Miru Shakudo・Shinemasukōpu to Engyoku, 1956
  • Eien no Tabibito―Kawabata Yasunari-shi no Hito to Sakuhin, 1956
  • Seibugeki Raisan, 1956
  • Gakuya de kakareta Engeki-ron,, 1957
  • Kawabata Yasunari no Tōyō to Seiyō, 1957
  • Gendai Shōsetsu wa Koten Tarieru ka, 1957
  • Shinjū Ron, 1958
  • Bunshō Dokuhon, 1959
  • Kawabata Yasunari shi Saisetsu, 1959
  • Rokusei Nakamura Utaemon Josetsu, 1959
  • 「Erochishizumu」― Joruju・Bataiyu Cho Muro Junsuke Yaku
  • Ishihara Shintarō shi no Shosakuhin, 1960
  • Berafonte San, 1960
  • 「Kuroi Orufe」o Mite, 1960
  • Kasugai Ken shi no「Miseinen」no Jobun, 1960
  • Takeda Taijun hi ― Sōryo de Aru Koto, 1960
  • Sonzaishinai Mono no Bigaku ―「Shinkokinshū」Chinkai, 1961
  • Recommending Mr. Yasunari Kawabata for the 1961 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1961
  • Kawabata Yasunari shi to Bunkakunshō, 1961
  • Shūmatsukan to Bungaku, 1961
  • 「Jun Bungaku to wa?」Sono Hoka, 1962
  • Gendaishi to Shite no Shōsetsu, 1962
  • Tanizaki Junichirō Ron, 1962
  • Kawabata Yasunari Dokuhon Josetsu, 1962
  • Odori, 1963
  • Hayashi Fusao Ron, 1963
  • Hosoe Eikō Josetsu, preface to Barakei, 1963
  • Romanchikku Engeki no Fukkō, 1963
  • Henshishitta Yūga, 1963
  • Geijutsu Dansō, 1963
  • Bungakuza no Shokun e no「Kōkaijō」―「Yorokobi no Koto」no Jōen Kyohi ni Tsuite, 1963
  • Raizō Take no Koto, 1964
  • Kaisetsu『Nihon no Bungaku 38 Kawabata Yasunari』, 1964
  • Kaisetsu『Gendai no Bungaku 38 Enchi Fumiko』, 1964
  • Bungaku ni Okeru Kōha ― Nihon Bungaku no Dansei teki Genri, 1964
  • Gendai Bungaku no San Hōkō, 1965
  • Bungaku teki Yogen ― Shōwa Yonjū Nendai, 1965
  • Tanizaki Chō Jidai no Shūen, 1965
  • Kaisetsu『Nihon no Bungaku 2 Mori Ōgai 』, 1966
  • Kiken na Geijutsuka, 1966
  • Eiga teki Nikutai Ron ― Sono Bubun Oyobi Zendai, 1966
  • Narushishizumu Ron, 1966
  • Tanizaki Junichirō, Geijutsu to Seikatsu, 1966
  • Itō Shizuo no Uta ― Waga Shika, 1966
  • Tanizaki Junichirō Shō, 1966
  • Seinen Zō, 1967
  • Kokinshū to Shinkokinshū, 1967
  • Poppukōn no Shinreijutsu ― Yoko’o Tadanori Ron, 1968
  • 『Sentōgosho』Jobun '', 1968
  • Shosetsu towa Nanika, 1968
  • Noguchi Takehiko shi e no Kōkaijō, 1968
  • Kaisetsu『Nihon no Bungaku 40 Hayashi Fusao・Takeda Rintarō・Shimaki Kensaku』, 1968
  • Hinuma shi to Shi, 1968
  • Shinoyama Kishin Ron, 1968
  • All Japanese are perverse, 1968
  • Kaisetsu『Nihon no Bungaku 4 Ozaki Kōyō・Izumi Kyōka』, 1969
  • Jo, 1969
  • Tsuruta Kōji Ron ―「Shōchō Tobaku」to「Hishakaku to Kiratsune」no Naka no, 1969
  • Nihon Bungaku Shoshi, 1969 （Book Published in 1972）, an unfinished Literary criticism
  • Kaisetsu『Nihon no Bungaku 52 Nozaki Kazuo・Tonomura Shigeru・Kanbayashi Akatsuki』, 1969
  • 『Nemureru Bijo』Ron, 1970
  • Matsugo no Me, 1970
  • Kaisetsu『Shinch ōNihon Bungaku 6 Tanizaki Junichirō Sho』, 1970
  • Sei teki Henshitsu kara Seiji teki Henshitsu e ― Bisukonti「Jigoku ni Ochita Yūja domo」o Megutte, 1970
  • Kaisetsu『Nihon no Bungaku 34 Uchida Hyakken・Makino Shinichi・Inagaki Taruho』, 1970
  • Yanagida Kunio『Tōno Monogatari』― Meicho Sai Hakken, 1970
  • Bōga, 1970

Public Opinion and Columns

  • Shi no Bunryō, 1953
  • Dōtoku to Kodoku, 1953
  • Moraru no Kangaku ― Geijutsuka ni Okeru Seijitsu no Mondai, 1953
  • Shin Fasshizumu Ron, 1954
  • Yokubō no Jūsoku ni Tsuite ― Kōfuku no Shinrigaku, 1955
  • Denki Sentakuki no Mondai, 1956
  • Kame wa Usagi ni Oitsuku ka? ― Iwayuru Kōshikoku no Shomondai, 1956
  • Kinofukefu, 1957, column
  • Seishun no Annyui, 1957
  • Yūrakuchō, 1959, column
  • Kantōgen, 1959
  • Shakai Ryōri Mishima-tei, 1960
  • Hitotsu no Seijiteki iken, 1960
  • Hasshatō, 1960, column
  • Amerikajin no Nihon Shinwa, 1961
  • Ma ― Gendai teki Jōkyō no Shōchō teki Kōzu, 1961
  • Horie Seinen ni Tsuite, 1962
  • Tenkataihei no Shisō, 1963
  • Seito o Shinpukusaseru dake no Wanryoku o ― Suparuta Kyōiku no Osusume, 1964
  • Kyokugen to Riariti, 1964
  • Kanojo mo Naita, Watashi mo Naita―Joshi Bare, 1964 Tokyo Olympic Reports
  • Bunburyōdō, 1965
  • Nihonjin no Hokori, 1966
  • Ochazuke Nashonarizum, 1966
  • Hōritsu to Mochiyaki, 1966
  • Danzō Geidō Saigunbi, 1966
  • Jo, 1966
  • Nihon e no Shijō, 1967
  • Bōkyaku to Bika, 1967
  • 「Dōgi teki Kakumei」no Ronri ― Isobe Ittōshukei no Ikō ni Tsuite, 1967
  • Watashi no Naka no Hiroshima ― Genbaku no Hi ni Yosete, 1967
  • Jinsei no Hon ― Suematsu Taihei Cho『Watashi no Shōwa Shi』, 1967
  • Hagakure Nyūmon, 1967
  • Seinen Ron ― Kimi Jishin no Ikikata o Kangaeru Tame ni, 1967
  • JNG Karian, 1968
  • Sokoku Bōeitai wa Naze Hitsuyō ka?, 1968
  • Aikokushin, 1968
  • Tsuburaya Ni’i no Jijin, 1968
  • Ni・Niroku Jiken ni Tsuite ― “Nihonshugi” Chimidoro no Saigo, 1968
  • Wakaki Samurai no Tame no Seishin Kōwa, 1968
  • Firutā no Susuhiroi ― Nihonbunkakaigi Hossoku ni Yosete, 1968
  • Bunka Bōei-ron, 1968 （Book Published in 1969）
  • Kinou to Bi, 1968
  • Eiyo no Kizuna de Tsunage Kiku to Katana, 1968
  • Hashikawa Bunsō e no Kōkaijō, 1968
  • Jiyū to Kenryoku no Jyōkyō, 1968
  • 「Senjiroku」ni Tsuite, 1969
  • Tōdai o Dōbutsuen ni Shiro, 1969
  • Gendai Seinen Ron, 1969
  • Ishi no Wakamono, 1969
  • Han Kakumei Sengen, 1969
  • Jieitai Nibun-ron, 1969
  • Ikkanfuwaku, 1969
  • Sabaku no Jūnin e no Ronri teki Chōji ― Tōron o Owari e te, 1969
  • Kita Ikki Ron ―「Nihon Kaizō Hōan Taikō」o Chūshin to Shite, 1969
  • Nihon Bunka no Shinen ni Tsuite, 1969
  • Kōdōgaku Nyūmon, 1969 （Book Published in 1970）
  • Mishima Yukio no Fakuto・Megaroporisu, 1969
  • STAGE-LEFT IS RIGHT FROM AUDIENCE, 1969
  • Tatenokai no koto, 1969
  • 「Kuni o Mamoru」to wa Nani ka, 1969
  • 「Henkaku no Shisō」to wa ― Dōri no Jikken, 1970
  • Shin Chishikijin Ron, 1970
  • 『Hasuda Zenmei to Sono Shi』Jobun, 1970
  • Mondaiteiki, 1970
  • Shidō ni Tsuite ― Ishihara Shintarō e no Kōkaijō, 1970
  • Hatashieteinai Yakusoku ― Watashi no Naka no Nijūgonen, 1970
  • Bushidō to Gunkokushugi, 1970
  • Seikigun to Fuseikigun, 1970
  • Kakumei Tetsugaku to Shite no Yōmeigaku, 1970
  • Bushidō ni Kakeru Gendai no Bijinesu, 1970
  • Waga Doushikan, 1971

Lectures and Statements

  • Nihon Bundan no Genjō to Seiyō Bungaku to no Kankei, 1957.7.9 - University of Michigan
  • INFLUENCES IN MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE／YOMIURI JAPAN NEWS, 1958.2 - Tokyo Women's Club
  • Bishoku to Bungaku, 1958.2.5 - commemorative event for the publication of Complete Works of Tanizaki Junichirō by the Chūōkōron magazine
  • Nihon no Wakamono, 1961.9.18 - Holiday & University of California’s Symposium in Berkeley, California
  • Watashi wa ikanishite Nihon no sakka ni nattaka, 1966.4.18 - Speech at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
  • Bunkadaikakumei Ni Kansuru Seimei, 1967.2.28 – joint statement with Yasunari Kawabata, Jun Ishikawa, Kōbō Abe in the Tokyo Shimbun and Sankei Shimbun
  • Kotengeinō no Hōhō ni Yoru Seijijōkyō to Sei ― Sakka Mishima Yukio no Shōgen, 1967.2.23 – trial regarding the indecency in the film Kuroi Yuki at the Tokyo District Court
  • Watashi no Jijubōei Ron, 1968.10.24 – extraordinary general meeting at the Japan Business Federation
  • Shirōto Bōei Ron, 1968.11.20 – National Defense Academy of Japan at Yokosuka
  • Nihon no Rekishi to Bunka to Dentō ni Tatte, 1968.12.1 – collaborative conference by the Tokyo Students’ Union and Kantō Students’ Union
  • Nihon to wa Nani ka, 1969.10.15 – centennial of the Ministry of Finance
  • Gendai Nihon no Shisō to Kōdō, 1970.4.27 – regular meeting of the Sannō Research Society of Economics
  • Watashi no Kiite Hoshii Koto, 1970.5.28 – 84th anniversary of the founding of the Imperial Guards
  • Aku no Hana ― Kabuki, 1970.7.3 – training school for Kabuki actors at the National Theatre
  • 「Koritsu」no Susume, 1970.6.11, at the Shōshikai
  • Waga Kuni no Jijubōei ni Tsuite, 1970.9.3 – 3rd political workshop for the youth at the Shinseidōshikai
  • Geki, 1970.11.25 – JSDF Ichigaya Military Base

Poems, Haiku, and Lyrics

Akinoyoni…, 1931, haiku *Hinomaruno…, 1932, haiku *Otōtōga…, 1932, haiku *Aki, 1932 *Imōto wa…, 1932, tanka *Mikan, 1937 *Kodama, 1937 *Shayō, 1937 *Aki Nidai, 1937 *Shihen「Kinrei」, 1938 *Shinkirō no Kuni / Tsukiyosōren / Insei, 1938, three poems in「鈴鹿鈔」*Shihen「Kyūkanchō」, 1939 *Tanjōbi no Asa, 1939 *Mishiranu Heya de no Jisatsuja, 1939 *Magagoto, 1940 *Shihen「Shōkyokushū」, 1940 *Shihen「Seijōshisō」, 1940 *Shihen「Jojōshishō」, 1941 *Watakushi no Nozoi wa Okoru, 1941 *Taishō, 1942 *Ka no Hanano no Tsuyukesa, 1942 *Kiku, 1942 *Koi Kuyō, 1943 *Yoru no Semi, 1943 *Shijin no Tabi, 1944Mohaya Ironii wa Yameyo, 1945Genka ― Natsu no Koibito, 1945Kyōenma, 1945Ochiba no Uta, 1946Kanpai, 1946Iddai Shihen, 1946Fushōsha, 1946Ko・Hasuda Zenmei e no Kenshi, 1946Karunomiko Joshi, 1946Atarashiki Koronbusu, 1955, translation of Nietzsche's poem Der neue Columbus included in「小説家の休暇」Rihatsushi no Gengaku teki Yokubō to Futtobōru no Shokuyoku to no Sōkankankei, 1957Shihen「Jūgosai Shishū」, 1957Kyōjo no Koiuta, 1958Mukashi to Ima,, 1958, translation of Hölderlin's poems Ehmals und Jetzt, Abendphantasie, Sokrates und AlcibiadesShukukonka Kantāta, 1959, for the Crown PrinceKarakkazeyarō, 1960, for a film of the same nameOjōsan, 1961, for a film of the same nameKurotokage no Uta, 1962, for the musical Black LizardHohoemi, translation of James Merrill's poems The Smile, Children of the World, 1964 Zōka ni Korosareta Funanori no Uta, 1966, for Akihiro Miwa’s charity recitalIcarus, 1967 - Epilogue of "Sun and Steel"Taika, 1968Okite! Aka no Wakaki Shishi-tachi, 1970, song of the Tatenokai
  • Jisei no ku, 1970.11.25
  • *「益荒男が たばさむ太刀の 鞘鳴りに 幾とせ耐へて 今日の初霜」
  • *「散るをいとふ 世にも人にも 先駆けて 散るこそ花と 吹く小夜嵐」

Photo Subjects

Film

Yūkoku '', 1966

Film Adaptations

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