{"product_id":"mishimas-sword-travels-in-search-of-a-samurai-legend-9780306815683","title":"Mishima's Sword: Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend","description":"In 1970, the world-famous Japanese writer Yukio Mishima plunged a knife into his belly and was decapitated using his own antique sword. In the decades since, people have asked endless far-ranging questions about this spectacular suicide. Christopher Ross wondered, What on earth happened to Mishima's sword? And so Ross sets off for Tokyo on a journey into the heart of the Mishima legend -- the very heart of Japan. It was a country Ross knew well after nearly five years of living there -- but nothing could have prepared him for this. While searching for the fabled sword, Ross encounters the rather startling range of those who knew Mishima . . . a world, or perhaps more accurately a demimonde, of craftsmen and critics, soldiers and swordsmen, boyfriends and biographers (even the man who taught Mishima hara-kiri). The trail Ross follows inspires a travelogue of the most eye-opening--and occasionally bizarre -- sort, a window into the real Japan that is never seen by tourists and the occasion for digressions on, among other things, socks and the code of the samurai, nosebleeds and metallurgy . . . even how to dress for suicide. \u003ci\u003eMishima's Sword\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling read -- the perfect book for all those intrigued by things Japanese, from gangsters to Genji, from \u003ci\u003emanga\u003c\/i\u003e to Mishima.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.61h x 7.96w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306815683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Ross\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Paris. His first book, \u003ci\u003eTunnel Visions: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher\u003c\/i\u003e, was a bestseller in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40364691161203,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8055c39c-7455-4acc-ace6-950f1dd604ec.jpg?v=1660664977","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/mishimas-sword-travels-in-search-of-a-samurai-legend-9780306815683","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}