Yukio Mishima's Death Poem / Calligraphy by KisaragiChiyo

Yukio Mishima’s Death Poem

Masurao ga
Tabasamu tachi no
sayanari ni
Ikutose taete
Kyo no hatsushimo

The sheaths of swords rattle
As after years of endurance 
Brave men set out 
To tread upon the first frost of the year.
—Yukio Mishima