An edition of Kinjiki (1964)

Forbidden Colors

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An edition of Kinjiki (1964)

Forbidden Colors

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Forbidden Colors (禁色, Kinjiki) is a 1951 novel (禁色 Part 2 秘楽 (Higyō) "Secret Pleasure" was published in 1953) by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, translated into English in 1968. The name kinjiki is a euphemism for homosexuality. The kanji 禁 means "forbidden" and 色 in this case means "erotic love", although it can also mean "color". The word "kinjiki" also means colors that were forbidden to be worn by people of various ranks in the Japanese court. It describes a marriage of a gay man to a young woman. Like Mishima's earlier novel Confessions of a Mask, it is generally considered somewhat autobiographical.

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Cover of: Forbidden colors
Forbidden colors
1999, Vintage Books
in English - 1st VintageInternatonal ed.
Cover of: Forbidden Colors
Forbidden Colors
1991, Charles E. Tuttle Company : Publishers
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: Forbidden colors
Forbidden colors
1980, Perigee Books
in English
Cover of: Forbidden colours
Forbidden colours
1976, Penguin
in English
Cover of: Forbidden colors
Forbidden colors
1970, Avon
in English

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Mass Market Paperback

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Open Library
OL9037803M
Internet Archive
forbiddencolors0000mish_d8m4
ISBN 10
4805301252
ISBN 13
9784805301258
OCLC/WorldCat
475306829
Library Thing
30089

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