In part two of this two-part episode on misogyny in Japanese literature, we're talking about the life and work of Yukio Mishima, especially by way of his I-Novel, Confessions of a Mask.

Check out part one for

• 400 years of attitudes about women in Japan
• Woman in modern Japanese literature, especially in the work of some of its most important writers

Notes and sources on the episode page. Transcript available.

This episode is rated mature. 

CW: misogyny, fictional rape, internalized homophobia, suicide

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