Hagakure – New edition

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:32:09 +0000

I was in Barnes and Noble today and I found a beautiful, hardcover edition of the Hagakure, which Mishima referred to as the “womb of his oeuvre” and wrote his own commentary on. It is bound in bright orange fabric, it’s printed in full color, and it even has a purple ribbon page marker. It’s very reasonably priced, and I almost picked it up–but I highlight my books and it seemed like too nice of an edition for me to own. I am tempted to pick it up for my Mishima bookshelf. Just to have…

The photo on Amazon/B&N doesn’t do it justice. Here’s a link to the publisher, Duncan Baird. Even that doesn’t quite show how nice it is for the money.

http://www.dbp.co.uk/book_preview.asp?b_id=559#

An excellent post on Fu Rin Ka Zan

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:10:22 +0000

An unusual blog to be certain–in part because it was written by a female–but highly admirable.

http://furinkazanblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/gods-and-buddhas-too.html

Mishima, Bushido and the Hagakure (the “womb of Mishima’s oeuvre”) are all mentioned.

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Hagakure – New edition

An excellent post on Fu Rin Ka Zan