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Entry: Mishima--Paleocon as Samurai Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/mishima_postpaleo_of_nippon#26447 Post contents: Thanks for this fine appreciation of an incomparable writer. How to describe him? A Wagnerian Buddhist? In any case, he was a man of extraordinary courage and a writer of incredible and even intimidating erudition and style. A Japanese friend to whom I recommended Confessions complained about its complex style and diction. I imagine gay activists would complain about it too. “Paleocon” appropriately suggests Mishima’s attempt to discover and preserve the Japanese ancient constitution centered on the emperor. The Japanese monarch goes back to 700ad I believe. What would that be in European terms? Reigning Merovingians? The responses are also amusing in their range from snickering adenoidal passive aggression to orotund Foghorn Leghorn denunciations. Don’t hit them Justin, they scream. Sent at: 2008 07 09