NMLP P-033990 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Confessions of a Mask (Kamen no Kokuhaku)

Yukio Mishima · New Directions (New York) · 1958

The New Directions US edition of 1958 is the true first English-language edition, ahead of the UK (Peter Owen, 1960). The Japanese original dates to 1949 (Kawade Shobo).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033990 for "Confessions of a Mask (Kamen no Kokuhaku)" by Yukio Mishima (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033990, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).