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
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