{"product_id":"9780306815683-mishimas-sword","title":"Mishima's Sword","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTravels in Search of a Samurai Legend\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of Pico Iyer, a witty and revealing insider's journey through a modern Japan that outsiders seldom glimpse\u003cbr\u003eOn November 25, 1970, the world renowned Japanese writer Yukio Mishima committed  seppuku  with his own antique sword. Mishima's spectacular suicide has been called many things: a hankering for heroism a beautiful, perverse drama a political protest against Japan's emasculated postwar constitution the epitaph of a mad genius. Part travelogue, part biography, and part philosophical treatise,  Mishima's Sword  is the story of Christopher Ross's journey to find a sword and maybe an understanding of Mishima's country. The cold trail the author follows inspires a tale of the most engaging-and occasionally bizarre-sort, with glimpses of the real Japan that is not seen by tourists, with digressions on, among other things, bushido and socks, mutineers and Noh ghosts, nosebleeds and metallurgy-and even how to dress for suicide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57676577341814,"sku":"9780306815683","price":20.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_30352463.jpg?v=1776176775","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780306815683-mishimas-sword","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}