Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Yukio Misima Biography and Timeline

Follow Yukio Misima through 4 dated historical records for Japan.

Yukio Misima, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

4Distinct records
1 of 1Page
1949–1970Years on this page

1949

Confessions of A Mask

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Confessions of A Mask"

1956

Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"

1970

Death of Yukio Misima

Arts / Literature

Death of Yukio Misima, suicide

Suicide

Arts / Literature

Death of Yukio Misima, suicide. A protest against national corruption & loss of the Samurai warrior tradition

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.