Yukio Mishima - Graphica 1990 1st Ed 1st Print w/Obi band

[PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS]
- Subject: 三島由紀夫 (Mishima Yukio)
- Title: グラフィカ 三島由紀夫 / Graphica Mishima Yukio
- Publisher: 新潮社 (Shinchosha)
- Year Published: 1990 (Heisei 2) — True First Edition, First Printing
- Language: Japanese
- Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
- Inclusions: Original obi (band) present

[OVERVIEW]

Published in September 1990 by Shinchosha to mark the 20th anniversary of Mishima Yukio’s death, Graphica Mishima Yukio is the definitive visual biography of one of the 20th century’s most extraordinary and polarizing literary figures. Through original prints — including previously unpublished photographs — it traces the full dramatic arc of his 45-year life: from childhood in wartime Tokyo to the Nobel Prize shortlists, the bodybuilding, the theatre, the nationalism, and the final, catastrophic act of November 25, 1970.

Mishima Yukio (1925–1970) completed the final volume of his tetralogy The Sea of Fertility on the morning of his death. Hours later, he led a small band of followers into the Eastern Command headquarters of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, delivered a speech from the balcony urging a return to imperial values, and performed seppuku. The act convulsed Japan and reverberated globally — and it has never stopped resonating. Today Mishima is considered one of the greatest prose stylists in the Japanese language and a figure of inexhaustible fascination for scholars, artists, and collectors across the world.

This volume gathers rare and unpublished photographs spanning his entire life: the serious-faced child, the theatrical young novelist, the sculpted bodybuilder, the kendo practitioner, the stage director, the political provocateur. It is an irreplaceable document for anyone serious about modern Japanese literature, postwar culture, or the aesthetics of transgression.

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[WHY THIS VOLUME IS A PRIZED COLLECTOR'S ITEM]

1. True first edition, first printing — with obi — Published in 1990, the 20th anniversary year of Mishima’s death. First printings of Shinchosha commemorative editions in complete condition (with obi intact) are increasingly scarce.
2. Unpublished photographs — The volume includes original prints and previously unpublished images not available in standard Mishima biographies or Western publications. A primary visual archive.
3. Global literary significance — Mishima was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. His work is taught in universities worldwide. Demand for primary Mishima materials — especially visual and photographic — is consistent and international.

[CONDITION]

Good Vintage Condition — Exceptional Survival for a 36-Year-Old First Printing

- Obi (Band): Original obi present and intact; light age-toning consistent with 36 years.There is a small tear on the spine of the obi.
- Dust Jacket & Covers: Firm and clean; no tears, creasing, or fading beyond natural vintage patina.
- Binding: Tight, secure, and fully intact.
- Interior & Pages: Pages clean with mild age-toning; no inscriptions, stamps, foxing, or damage.
- Please carefully inspect all high-resolution listing photos to verify the exceptional vintage condition.