In one novel by this author, a retired judge adopts a teenage orphan who later tries to commit suicide by drinking methanol. In another work by this author, Shinji Kubo manages to safely return a shipping vessel through a storm, which permits him to marry the pearl-diver Hatsue. This author of Decay of the Angel created a character who uses his clubfeet to pick up women, while his friend discusses the story of Nansen and the kitten with Father Dosen. That friend later burns the titular building after the outbreak of the Korean War. For 10 points, name this Japanese author of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion who committed seppuku on television after staging a failed coup.
In one novel by this author, a retired judge adopts a teenage orphan who later tries to commit suicide by drinking methanol. In another work by this author, Shinji Kubo manages to safely return a shipping vessel through a storm, which permits him to marry the pearl-diver Hatsue. This author of Decay of the Angel created a character who uses his clubfeet to pick up women, while his friend discusses the story of Nansen and the kitten with Father Dosen. That friend later burns the titular building after the outbreak of the Korean War. For 10 points, name this Japanese author of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion who committed seppuku on television after staging a failed coup.
In one novel by this author, a retired judge adopts a teenage orphan who later tries to commit suicide by drinking methanol.
Yukio Mishima [Accept Kimitake Hiraoka.]