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Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - The body of renowned Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima and a cohort are carried from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ichigaya in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 1970, after he committed ritual suicide following his failed attempt to stage a coup in protest against the country's pacifist Constitution. Mishima, a Nobel literature prize nominee from 1963 to 1968, is known for his works including "Shiosai" (The Sound of Waves) and "Kinkakuji" (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion).

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Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima makes a speech at a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force facility in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 1970, just before his dramatic suicide.(Kyodo)

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Novelist Mishima

File photo taken on Nov. 25, 1970, at a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force facility in Tokyo shows Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima making a speech just before his dramatic suicide. A book featuring a collection of previously unpublished photographs of Mishima taken by renowned Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama was released in the United States ahead of the 50th anniversary of the writer's suicide on Nov. 25, 2020.