This book takes the works published by Mishima Yukio in the series of magazines of Chūōkōron-sha， Chūōkōron， Fujin Kōron and Shōsetsu Chūōkōron， as the main objects of investigation. Through the combination of magazine research and text research， the paper analyzes the relationship between the three magazines and Mishima， the relationship between magazine readers and Mishima literature， and studies the reader consciousness embodied in Mishima literature. The reader consciousness in Mishima literature is mainly reflected in two aspects: one is the shallow reader consciousness， that is， how to write a novel; the other is the deep reader consciousness， that is， why to write a novel. Shallow reader consciousness serves deep reader consciousness.
Literature is an important tool for Mishima to publicize the ideas of “The Mikado of Cultural Concept”. In The Submerged Waterfall， Mishima lets the dam symbolizing the hero suppress the waterfall symbolizing the Mikado. In The Music， Mishima lets the sister who symbolizes “poem” have sex with the brother who symbolizes “politics”， which causes the sister to get sex apathy. Mishima also adapted the novel Patriotism， which is with the background of the “February 26th Incident”， into a movie. In his works， Mishima repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction and disappointment with the postwar Mikado and Japan， longing to the old Japan with the “Godhead” Mikado. In order to attract readers to read his works， and to understand and accept his ideas of Mikado， Mishima would， when writing， choose the theme of the novel following the hot spots of the times， design the plot of the novel， and adjust the narrative way according to the characteristics of the magazine and the positioning of the readers. In The Submerged Waterfall with the theme of dam construction， Mishima weakens the issue of compensation for land acquisition and avoids the issue of electric worker strike. In After the Banquet， which is based on the election of the governors of Tokyo， Mishima uses a female who is actually the supporting role in reality as the main character of the novel. In The Music with the theme of the psychotherapy of sex apathy， Mishima adopts a narrative way of “handwritten notes” and creates a strong heroine. In addition， Mishima also tried to use The Article Reader to cultivate ideal readers， who are able to interpret his works according to his will and detect the true intention in the works. However， the “Privacy Trial Case” and social discussion triggered by After the Banquet declared the failure of his attempt to cultivate readers， which made Mishima realize the unreliability and uncontrollability of readers. He then decided to make a change. From the obscured The Submerged Waterfall to the explicit The Music， and then to the blatant Patriotism， we can clearly feel Mishima’s gradual radicalization in the expression of the ideas of Mikado. He constantly adjusted himself and gradually approached readers， trying to use more straightforward words and more popular ways to prompt people to understand and agree with his ideas of Mikado.
At present， the study of Mishima literature has fallen into a rigid state because of its contempt for readers. Literature cannot be separated from readers， nor can literary research ignore readers. It is imperative to bring reader into the research of Mishima literature. The cultural studies of “Against to elite” and “To the public” provide theoretical support for breaking this deadlock. By studying the reader consciousness in Mishima literature， this book tries to solve the problem of the split of Mishima’s image within and outside literary fields， restores a more real and complete image of Mishima， and provides academic basis for understanding and criticizing Mishima’s right-wing Mikado ideas.
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