Yukio Mishima Page Featuring the Modern Noh Plays  

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   Yukio Mishima (Hiraoka Kimitake) (1925-1970)  

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  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH   Coming Soon  

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The Modern Noh Plays (Kindai nogakushu)     Sotoba Komachi (Komachi at the Stupa) 1952   PLOT: Coming Soon  

Komachi and the Poet (top) "You want a smoke? I'll give you one if you want it." The Rokudai Ballroom Scene (bottom)     The Poet's Death       

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The Lady Aoi (Aoi no Ue) 1956   PLOT: Coming Soon    
The Yacht (top) General Set Design (bottom)     Mrs. Rokujo visits Aoi in the hospital "If I now gently touch my hand to her throat..."     Mrs. Rokujo throws herself at Hikaru's feet "I had no pride from the very beginning."       Aoi's Death     

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The Damask Drum (Aya no tsuzumi) 1955   PLOT: Coming Soon     Iwakichi and the girl Kayoko "She's the princess of the laurel, the tree that grows in the garden of the moon."  
Toyama, Fujima, the Madame, and Kaneko "These letters are driving me simply frantic."    

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Hanjo 1956   PLOT: Coming Soon  

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Kantan 1950   PLOT: Coming Soon  

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The Blind Young Man (Yoroboshi) 1965   PLOT: Coming Soon      Toshinori's Entrance (1976 Tokyo Production)     

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Yuya     Scenic Design     In Production    

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OTHER PLAYS   Madame de Sade (Sado koshaku fujin) 1965   Mishima at a rehearsal for Madame de Sade