三島 Mishima

 40年前[ねんまえ]の今日[きょう]、東京[とうきょう]で何[なに]があったか、知[]っていますか。1970年11月25日、有名[ゆうめい]な小説家[しょうせつか] (= a novelist)、三島由紀夫[みしまゆきお]が公衆[こうしゅう]の面前[めんぜん]で(koshu no menzen de means in public)、切腹[せっぷく] (“seppuku” or “hara-kiri”)自殺[じさつ]をしました。日本中[にほんじゅう]の人々[ひとびと]がショックを受[]けました。日本語[にほんご]が読[]める人[ひと]は、このページに簡単[かんたん]な説明[せつめい]があります。

 
Do you know what happened in Tokyo 40 years ago today? Yukio Mishima, a famous and popular novelist, committed “seppuku” (“seppuku”or “hara-kiri”—the Japanese traditional "special" way of suicide) in public on the 25th of November in 1970. His act, as you might imagine, completely utterly shocked the nation. If you can read Japanese, here is a quick summary of this incident in Japanese. If you cannot read Japanese but are interested in it, please do the internet search!

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