Bushidō as a Motive for Yukio Mishima’s Seppuku

In this article, Yukio Mishima’s seppuku speech, which is a fruitful culmination of cultural projections, will be analyzed by referencing diverse disciplines (including post-modern critical linguistics, individual psychology, psychoanalysis, and culturalphilosophy). The conclusions of the paper are Mishima’s afflatus scheme is prominent in his discursive formation (like poetic nuances and sentimental offerings) are shaped by his childhood external influences such as kabuki theater, samurai legacies, andbeautiful, feminine likenings.