Published in 1964, Silk and Insight (Kinu to Meisatsu), is one of
the last works of Yukio Mishima to be translated into English.
Besides being a good novel, as one would expect from Mishima, it
stands as an excellent piece of social commentary on the
transformation of Japanese business from the old paternalism to a
new world where labor unions were as active as any other
institution in changing their image.
One of Mishima's early novels and highly significant as a
contribution to Japan's postwar literature and politics, Silk and
Insight is based on the strike -- often described as the most
significant in the history of Japan's postwar labor movement --
which took place at Omi Kenshi, a silk thread and fabric
manufacturer not far from Kyoto. While Mishima has populated the
book with interesting and thoroughly believable fictional
characters, the events he narrates faithfully reflect the tensions
of that period and give a unique picture of the strife upon which
Japan's later successful management/labor relations were built.
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