 First edition (Japanese) | |
| Author | Yukio Mishima |
|---|---|
| Original title | Honba 奔馬 |
| Translator | Michael Gallagher |
| Language | Japanese |
| Series | The Sea of Fertility |
| Publisher | Shinchosha (orig.) & Alfred A. Knopf (US Eng. trans.) |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 1973 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-394-46618-7 (Eng. trans. first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 588941 |
| 895.6/3/5 | |
| LC Class | PZ3.M6878 Se vol. 2 PL833.I7 |
| Preceded by | Spring Snow |
| Followed by | The Temple of Dawn |
Runaway Horses (奔馬, Honba) is a 1969 novel by Yukio Mishima, the second in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy. Mishima did much research to prepare for this novel, visiting locations recorded in the book and studying historical information about the Shinpūren Rebellion collected by previous researchers, including Ishihara Shiko'o.[1] Japanese critics initially reviewed Runaway Horses negatively.[2]
According to Araki Seishi, Mishima didn't care whether or not Runaway Horses sold well, and deliberately selected a featureless wasōbon-like cover design. Araki was concerned that the forbiddingly blank cover would result in younger generations not bothering to read it.[3] However, Shinchosha ultimately included a more decorative design on the dust jackets of the first published edition.
- ^ The Yukio Mishima Cyber Museum. Village Yamanaka. Accessed May 22, 2008.
- ^ Yoshida, Sanroku (1983). "Mishima's Modernist Treatment of Time and Space in the Sea of Fertility". World Literature Today. 57 (3): 409–411. doi:10.2307/40138824. ISSN 0196-3570. JSTOR 40138824.
- ^ 荒木 Araki, 精之 Seishi (2022). 初霜の記 : 三島由紀夫と神風連 復刻版 Hatsushimo no ki: Mishima Yukio to Shinpūren fukkokuban. Japan: 舒文堂河島書店 Jobundō Kawashima Shoten.