Patriotism

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Patriotism is a short story by Yukio Mishima that portrays a young Japanese officer and his wife committing ritual suicide as an expression of absolute loyalty, honor, and national devotion.

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Patriotism canonical 2

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instanceOf literary work
short story
adaptationCountryOfOrigin Japan NERFINISHED
adaptationDirector Yukio Mishima NERFINISHED
adaptationType short film
author Yukio Mishima NERFINISHED
centralConflict duty to the emperor versus personal survival
countryOfOrigin Japan
depicts seppuku
firstPublicationYear 1960
form prose
genre fiction
short fiction
tragic fiction
hasAdaptation Patriotism (1966 film) NERFINISHED
literaryMovement postwar Japanese literature
mainCharacter Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama NERFINISHED
Reiko NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor exploration of extreme nationalism
intense depiction of ritual suicide
originalLanguage Japanese
originalTitle Yūkoku NERFINISHED
originalTitleLanguage Japanese
portrays Imperial Japanese Army officer
samurai-inspired code of honor
settingEvent February 26 Incident NERFINISHED
settingPeriod February 1936
theme honor
loyalty
marital devotion
national devotion
patriotism
ritual suicide
translatedTitle Patriotism
workOf Yukio Mishima bibliography

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Yukio Mishima notableWork Patriotism
Yukio Mishima wrote Patriotism