Yukio Mishima Centennial Series: Emergences
Five-time Nobel prize-nominated author, playwright, poet, film director, bodybuilder, Shintoist, ultranationalist and the leader of an attempted coup d’etat that culminated with a gruesome public act of seppuku – the great post-war-era Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima was a deeply complex and divisive figure. Recognizing his immeasurable global influence, Japan Society honors Mishima 100 years after his birth with a series of world and North American premieres inspired by Mishima’s brilliant, controversial and era-defining writings, alongside classic works of Noh theater that served as an ancient muse for the artist.
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Yukio Mishima’s KINKAKUJI
September 11-20, 2025
Le Tambour de Soie (The Silk Drum)
October 24 & 25, 2025
The Seven Bridges (Hashi-zukushi)
November 15 & 16, 2025
Mishima’s Muse – Noh Theater
December 4-6, 2025
Noh Workshop with Hosho Noh School
December 6, 2025
Save 20% when you purchase a ticket to any 3 programs in the Yukio Mishima Centennial Series: Emergences (excludes workshops / talks and Access Seats tickets). Offer only valid for tickets purchased in the same transaction.
Top Image: Yukio Mishima on the roof the Bungeishunju Building in Tokyo, 1956 (Public Domain) Inset Image: A portrait of Yukio Mishima, 1955. Taken by Ken Domon. (Public Domain)
2025-26 Japan Society Season Support
Japan Society’s 120th anniversary initiatives and related programs are generously supported by Champion Sponsor, MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Advocate Sponsor, Mizuho Americas; and Friend Sponsor, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas).
2025-26 Performing Arts Season Support
Japan Society programs are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The season is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Additional, major support is generously provided by Doug and Teresa Peterson, Howard Gilman Foundation, and Jun Makihara and Megumi Oka. Endowment support is provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund, John and Miyoko Davey Foundation, and a leadership gift from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Program support is provided by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; Hisamitsu America, Inc.; Cheryl Henson; Merit E. Janow; Paula S. Lawrence; Akiko Mikumo; Hiroko Onoyama; Richard and Momona Royce; Dr. Jeanette C. Takamura; Nancy and Joe Walker; Estate of Alan M. Suhonen, and other Performing Arts supporters.
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. is the official airline of the Japan Society Performing Arts Program. Yamaha is the official piano provider of Japan Society.
Program Support & Partners
The Yukio Mishima Centennial Series: Emergences is supported by Doug and Teresa Peterson.
Yukio Mishima’s KINKAKUJI is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and New York State Legislature, Japan Foundation New York, and the Goethe-lnstitut with support from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. Air travel between Berlin and New York is generously provided by Delta Air Lines. KINKAKUJI is produced through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals Corporation.
Le Tambour de Soie (The Silk Drum) is produced with support from Villa Albertine, Albertine Foundation, and The Harkness Foundation for Dance. International travel for Kaori Ito and Makoto Yabuki is provided by L’Alliance New York. Production: Maison de la Culture d’Amiens – France; International art production and distribution center.
The Seven Bridges (Hashi-zukushi) is supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council, and The Harkness Foundation for Dance.
Mishima’s Muse – Noh Theater is supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council. The program is also supported, in part, by the John and Miyoko Davey Foundation.
Kinoshita Kabuki’s Kanjincho is supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council.
Hiroaki Umeda: assimilating & Moving State 1 is supported by a grant from The Harkness Foundation for Dance.