In one work, this author claimed to be contaminated by the "corrosive power of words" and asserted t
In one work, this author claimed to be contaminated by the "corrosive power of words" and asserted that the male body exists in a form that rejects existence. In that work, he also expressed his desire to become a "man of action." As a child, one of this man's protagonists watches a group of men carrying a portable shrine who trample his family's garden. That character first ejaculates to a Guido Reni painting of Saint Sebastian and becomes infatuated with his classmate Omi. This author also created a character who antagonizes Father Dosen and befriends the clubfooted Kashiwagi. This author of Sun and Steel described Kochan's struggles with homosexuality in Confessions of a Mask. For 10 points, name this man who wrote about Mizoguchi in Temple of the Golden Pavilion.
In one work, this author claimed to be contaminated by the "corrosive power of words" and asserted that the male body exists in a form that rejects existence.
Yukio Mishima [or Kimitake Hiraoka; accept both names in either order]