『絹と明察』の光と闇を明察する-新出の三島由紀夫旧蔵書を手がかりとして-
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Mishima Yukio's Silk and Enlightenment (Kinu to Meisatsu, 1964) is a long and a rather unfortunate novel in that it received uncertain reviews of both approvals and disapprovals by the critics. Where did Mishima's true intention lie in writing this full-length novel?Fuefukigawa Art Library, where Mr. Hatano Takeo acts as the President, holds many of the books owned by Mishima himself. I was so fortunate to be given the opportunity to examine the four books that provided sources for Silk and Enlightenment. Indeed, I was the first scholar to be given access to these items, which are all concerned with the industrial actions that took place in the rapidly growing silk factory, Omi Kenshi.In these four books, many underlines are drawn and marginalias scribbled in by Mishima himself. Also, whenever he found useful accounts for his novel, he folded the top corner of pages. In fact, there are applications of such relevant parts in Silk and Enlightenment. The pages, stained with Mishima's greasy hands, have now turned into almost black over forty years and his finger prints are clearly retained in some of them. By tracing the pages he referred to, we can investigate minutely into the process through which the novelist constructed the plot, created the characters, and rendered the novel as close as possible to the real historical incident.Silk and Enlightenment compares the two contrasting spheres: the enlightened world of the West, which is represented by Heidegger and Holderlin, and the chaotic reality of Japan as exposed through the industrial actions over the silk factory. Mishima's own thought on Japan during the industrialising period is made clearer by the above four books discovered in his library. It also elucidates his researches on the subject of the hitherto uncertain relationships between the world of West and that of Japan. Mishima had an eye for the uniqueness of Japanese society as well as an eye to observe the cultural universality.Besides, this research becomes the key to understanding the root of Mishima's 'motivations as a novelist' which drove him in the first place to select out these four reference items on the industrial actions at Omi Kenshi. It sheds a new light upon his fundamental views on humanity and the world.I am confident that this paper will present a model case for future studies on Mishima Yukio by making a close and detailed analysis of Silk and Enlightenment (Kinu to Meisatsu), for the first time, by actually basing research on Mishima's marginalias on his own books.
- 2006-01-31