{"product_id":"mishimas-sword-travels-in-search-of-a-samurai-legend-paperback","title":"Mishima's Sword: Travels in Search of a Samurai Legend - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 6.61 x 7.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47385225265330,"sku":"9780306815683","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f925b7c99777862d981b052957eddcc0.webp?v=1777900374","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/mishimas-sword-travels-in-search-of-a-samurai-legend-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}