Swaddling Clothes | Essays and Criticism

  • Gender and Class Oppression

    In the following essay, the author discusses the gender and class oppression inherent in Mishima’s romanticized desire to return to traditional Japanese social and political values in ‘‘Swaddling Clothes.’’

  • The Character of Toshiko

    In the folowing essay, Girard analyzes the character of Toshiko in ‘‘Swaddling Clothes.’’

  • History Wrapped in Newspapers: The Seizure of Toshiko

    In the following essay, the author considers the sacrificial plight of Toshiko in ‘‘Swaddling Clothes’’ by exploring Mishima’s focus on newspapers.

  • Mishima in Microcosm

    In the following essay, Wolf looks at the theme of isolation from a external world that is cruel and unsympathetic in Yukio Mishima’s writing.