Sun and Steel (essay)

First edition (publ. Kodansha)

Sun and Steel: Art, Action and Ritual Death is a book by Yukio Mishima. It is an autobiographical essay, a memoir of the author's relationship to his body. The book recounts the author's experiences with, and reflections upon, his bodybuilding and martial arts training.

The book was first published in 1968, gathering what had appeared in the Takeshi Maramatsu founded magazine Criticism from late 1965 on. It was translated to English by John Bester (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1970, ISBN 0-87011-117-5; New York, Grove Press, 1970, ISBN 0-394-17765-7; London, Secker and Warburg, 1971, ISBN 0-436-28155-4; Kodansha America reissue edition, 1994, ISBN 0-87011-425-5; Kodansha International, 2003, ISBN 4-7700-2903-9).

External links

• Sun and Steel at The Yukio Mishima Web Page.
• Review of Sun and Steel by Seigo Nakao

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