太陽と鉄

Sun and Steel

Author

Yukio Mishima

Language

Japanese

Year

1968

Country

Japan

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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Sun and Steel: Art, Action and Ritual Death is an autobiographical essay by Yukio Mishima detailing his artistic relationship to his body. Meditating on his transformative experiences with bodybuilding and martial arts training, Mishima considers their impact on his creative practice and concludes that literature, in its ideal form, is inextricable from physical exertion.