JAPAN 70 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hagakure, Tokugawa Shogunate, Samurai Fiction
Document Summary
Morita was supposed to cut mishima"s head off. Man of action: secret love in terms of samurai serving his lord: everything is in the interest of the lord (ikegami) Mishima talks about romantic love in youth. Gay man who quenches his lust by cruising for men but in. Turns around the idea of secret love, different from ikegami. Uses yamamoto"s idea of secret love and gives his own view of it: reinterpreting love and lust to rationalize his way of living. Uses hagakure to support his ideology in 1960"s: period of peace. Heishiro inukai: son of samurai: father takes him to the castle, father chief councilor to nagashima clan. Samurai kazamatsuri father"s aide and stole sword given by tokugawa shogunate. Need a sword for young master"s attainment ceremony.
