Silk and Insight

First edition (publ. Kodansha)

Silk and Insight (Kinu to Meisatsu) is a 1964 novel by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The subject of the novel is taken from an actual strike in Japan in 1954 at Omi Kenshi, a silk thread and fabric manufacturer, which lasted for 106 days.^[1] It was translated to English in 1998 by Hiroaki Sato as the seventh volume in The Library of Japan series, produced by the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College.

Notes

1. ↑ Sato, Hiroaki. "Introduction" Silk and Insight. M.E. Sharp: 1998. p. xv.

Yukio Mishima Prose Confessions of a Mask Thirst for Love Forbidden Colors The Sound of Waves The Temple of the Golden Pavilion Kyoko's House After the Banquet The School of Flesh The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Silk and Insight The Sea of Fertility Spring Snow Runaway Horses The Temple of Dawn The Decay of the Angel Death in Midsummer and other stories Patriotism Ken Acts of Worship Sun and Steel Drama Five Modern Noh Plays Iwashi Uri Koi Hikiami Rokumeikan Black Lizard Madame de Sade My Friend Hitler Film Patriotism Related topics Enjō Afraid to Die Hitokiri Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate Tatenokai Yukio Mishima Prize Bibliography