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On November 25th was 40th anniversary of suicide death of one of most enigmatic Japanese men in recent history, Yukio Mishima, an acclaimed writer poet who created such works as Temple of Golden Pavillion, about obsessed Zen Buddhist monk who burned down 552-year-old Kinkaku-ji temple in Kyoto in 1950.True with all Japanese who improve image of Japan in eyes of this world, Nobel Prize-nominated Mishima's fame abroad made him legend inside Japan, but as his politics became more right wing (which in Japan means being pro-Emperor, pro-military, anti-U.S.), people started to realize he was not mentally stable, On November 25th, 1970, he also several members of his private army Tate no Kai (Shield Society) visited Japanese military base also take that base commander hostage, demanding that soldiers be gathered to listen to prepared address, during which he tried to incite Japan Self-Defense Forces to rise up against current government to restore the Emperor to power militarily. When he receive only jeers also laughter from soldiers below, he went back inside and committed seppuku(ritual disembowelment).Qunli.