The Voices of the Heroic Dead

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"Voices of the Fallen Heroes" (英霊の聲, Eirei no Koe) is a 1966 short story by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. The work depicts the spirits of young officers who were executed by firing squad in the February 26 Incident and the kamikaze pilots who died trying to become Kamikaze typhoon in the Pacific War, both of whom are angry and curse Emperor Shōwa's declaration of humanity. The story is structured like a Warrior play (修羅物, Shura mono) of Noh, with two scenes and six acts, and features the poignant and sorrowful refrain that repeats, "Why has our Sumeragi become a human being?" This politically charged work marked a turning point for Mishima in the 1960s, and served as a precursor to his later critical essays such as On the Defense of Culture (文化防衛論, Bunka Bōeiron). A draft of seven songs entitled "Songs of the Bad Retainers" (悪臣の歌, Akushin no Uta) which is considered a preliminary version of the songs featured in the "Voices of the Fallen Heroes", was discovered in 1999 at the Yukio Mishima Literary Museum (三島由紀夫文学館, Mishima Yukio Bungaku-kan) and was made public in the commemorative exhibition catalogue. The phrase "Bad Retainers" (悪臣, Akushin) alludes to the ambiguous position of the officers involved in the February 26 Incident who were not enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine as "Eirei" (英霊).

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Livro

Lançamento

30 de junho de 1966

Criado por

Yukio Mishima

Páginas

233

Países

Japan