o-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.

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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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1d:T43c,RJL is excited to bring you this two-parter about LGBTQ+ stories from Japan. Part two covers Taisho Japan (when women finally enter the stage) through through contemporary LGBTQ+ writing, especially the life and work of Nobuko Yoshiya, Edogawa Ranpo, Yukio Mishima, and Li Kotomi. We also spend a little time on the role of queer manga. Part one covered some of the earliest writing in Japanese through the end of the Meiji Period in 1912. Notes and sources on the episode page. Trans

Misogyny and Yukio Mishima, Part 2