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山内, 由紀人. (2015-11-10). 三島由紀夫の青春とスポーツ――没後45年に (Web版有鄰 第541号)

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• Author山内, 由紀人

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Kojima Tomoo

Yukio Mishima

1925-01-14 - 1970-11-25

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Essay by literary critic Yamauchi Yukihiro (author of Mishima Yukio no Nikutai, Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2014 - the standard study of Mishima's physical culture) marking the 45th anniversary of his death. Details the September 1955 start of bodybuilding with a home coach, the September 1956 entry into boxing under Nichidai club head coach Kojima Tomoo (with fellow pupil Ishibashi Hirotsugu, later All-Japan bantamweight champion), the sparring sessions filmed by Ishihara Shintaro, and Mishima's own words on finding in kendo "my homeland... the ideal harmony of body and spirit".

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