Yukio Mishima was one of the greatest Japanese writers of the 20th century (see “Woman in the Dunes), who was also a fanatical ultra-nationalist who believed that the postwar Japanese government had failed to live up to the warrior code of bushido. He eventually committed ritual seppaku in a bizarre attempt to overthrow the government.
I am well aware of who Mishima was. He wrote about masturbating the first time to a paitning of St. Sebastian, pierced by arrows. I wrote a paper on him in high school stating that his ultra-nationalism was tied into his interpretation of Bushido and his ritual death was an act of onanism.
Thanks for the information. I also did a quick search and found him. After reading what you said and what I found, it jogged my memory as to his suicide. I remember it and thought it all very strange at the time.