Birth Name:

Kimitake Hiraoka

Male

Birth Date:

Wed, Jan 14, 1925

Time of Birth:

09:00 PM

Place of Birth:

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Age:

99

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

23°

Cap

50'

Moon

12°

Vir

23'

Asc

15°

Vir

60'

MC

14°

Gem

27'

About Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima[a] (三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio, January 14, 1925 – November 25, 1970), real name Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake) was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, film director, imperialist, shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai (楯の会, "Shield Society"). Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, but the award went to his countryman and benefactor Yasunari Kawabata. His works include the novels Kamen no Kokuhaku (仮面の告白, "Confessions of a Mask") and Kinkakuji (金閣寺, "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion") as well as the autobiographical essay Taiyo to Tetsu (太陽と鉄, "Sun and Steel"). Mishima's work is characterized by "its luxurious vocabulary and decadent metaphors, its fusion of traditional Japanese and modern Western literary styles, and its obsessive assertions of the unity of beauty, eroticism and death".

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• 三島由紀夫文学館 The Mishima Yukio Literary Museum website In Japanese only, with the exception of one page (see "English Guide" at top right)

• 山中湖文学の森公園「三島由紀夫文学館」Yamanakako Forest Park of Literature "Mishima Yukio Literary Museum"

• Yukio Mishima: A 20th Century Samurai at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)

• Petri Liukkonen. "Yukio Mishima". Books and Writers

• Mishima chronology, with links

• YUKIO MISHIMA: The Harmony of Pen and Sword, a ceremony commemorating his 70th birthday

• Yukio Mishima speaking in English, On The Samurai Spirit on YouTube, from a 1980s BBC documentary (9:02)

• Rare 1969 interview with Yukio Mishima on YouTube, from Canadian Television (3:59)

• Yukio Mishima on The end of WWII on YouTube - Full NHK Interview in 1966 (9:21)

• Headless God: A Tribute to Yukio Mishima Mishima-related news, quotes, links

• Yukio Mishima’s attempt at personal branding comes to light in the rediscovered 'Star', Nicolas Gattig, The Japan Times (April 27, 2019)

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Yukio Mishima

Astrological portrait of Yukio Mishima

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Yukio Mishima: Sun 23 Capricorn, Moon 12 Virgo, Mercury 0 Capricorn, Venus 29 Sagittarius, Mars 16 Aries, Jupiter 6 Capricorn, Saturn 13 Scorpio, Uranus 18 Pisces, Neptune 21 Leo, Pluto 12 Cancer, Asc 15 Virgo, Mc 14 Gemini, Moon Sextile Pluto, Moon Conjunct Ascendant, Moon Square Midheaven, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Quincunx Neptune, Mercury Conjunct Jupiter, Moon Sextile Saturn, Mercury Semi Square Saturn, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Semi Square Saturn, Mars Quincunx Saturn, Mars Square Pluto, Mars Quincunx Ascendant, Mars Sextile Midheaven, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Saturn Trine Pluto, Saturn Sextile Ascendant, Saturn Quincunx Midheaven, Uranus Opposition Ascendant, Uranus Square Midheaven, Pluto Sextile Ascendant, Ascendant Square Midheaven

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Photo attribution: Shirou Aoyama, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yukio_Mishima.jpg