Silk and Insight

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Silk and Insight (Japanese: 絹と明察, Hepburn: Kinu to meisatsu) is a 1964 novel by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The subject of the novel is taken from an actual strike in Japan in 1954 at Omi Kenshi, a silk thread and fabric manufacturer, which lasted for 106 days.^[2] The novel was first serialised in the monthly magazine Gunzo between January–October 1964. It was published in hardcover format by Kodansha on 15 October 1964.^[3][4] It was translated into English in 1998 by Hiroaki Sato.

Although a commercial failure, the novel was awarded the Mainichi Prize from Mainichi Shimbun.^[5]

Publication

Silk and Insight was first serialised ten times in the monthly magazine