The Japan Society
Events Past Events

Past Events

ARCHIVED ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: The Frolic of the Beast by Yukio Mishima

Monday 14 September 2020 / 7:00pm
ONLINE EVENT - Japan Society Book Club: The Frolic of the Beast by Yukio Mishima

Date
Monday 14 September 2020
Time
7.00pm

Booking Details
Online event
Free for Japan Society Members

Book available from AbeBooksBook Depository and Amazon
Japanese version available here

Book online here


Inspired from the classic Noh play ‘Motomezuka’, The Frolic of the Beast follows the university student Koji after having been discharged from prison. The plot gradually develops into a strange love story, introducing the couple of Ippei and Yuko to establish a complex relationship between the main characters. Although told in a meandering way, the underlining story explores concepts of facades, psychological self-entrapment, seduction and violence.

Yukio Mishima, the pen name for Kimitake Hiraoka, was not only known for his political extremist activities but also considered as one of the most prominent and important Japanese authors of the 20th century.  Born in 1925 in Tokyo, he graduated 22 years later from Tokyo Imperial University to continue to write novellas, novels and for kabuki plays until his early untimely death in 1970. Mishima’s works are often noted to be characterised by exuberant vocabulary and decadent concepts both combining traditional Japanese and modern western elements.

If you have any questions, please call the Japan Society office on 020 3075 1996 or email events@japansociety.org.uk.


Booking Info

  • You should receive an automated email from the Japan Society to let you know that your booking request has been registered. Please note that your booking is pending while we check your details and you will receive a further email once your booking is confirmed.

  • For online events, we will send you the zoom links and details to attend the event closer to the date.

  • If you don't receive any confirmation emails or links, please check your spam folder or email events@japansociety.org.uk.