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7 Lessons from Yukio Mishima’s Sun and Steel

If you've got a philosophical bent and you like to lift weights, you've probably heard of Yukio Mishima. He was a Japanese novelist and playwright, a martial artist and bodybuilder…and an insurrectionist who attempted to overthrow his country's government.

7 Lessons from Yukio Mishima’s Sun and Steel

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If you've got a philosophical bent and you like to lift weights, you've probably heard of Yukio Mishima.

He was a Japanese novelist and playwright, a martial artist and bodybuilder…and an insurrectionist who attempted to overthrow his country's government.

Then he found […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.

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If you've got a philosophical bent and you like to lift weights, you've probably heard of Yukio Mishima. He was a Japanese novelist and playwright, a martial artist and bodybuilder…and an insurrectionist who attempted to overthrow his country's government. Then he found […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.

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