三島由紀夫『鏡子の家』 : ヴァトー「シテール島への船出」より  [in Japanese] Mishima Yukio's Kyoko no Ie : The Influence of The Embarkation for Cythera  [in Japanese]

Kyoko no Ie is a representative full-length novel written by Mishima Yukio in his mid-career writing. The text is influenced by the painting, The Embarkation for Cythera, which represents the classical theme in Western literature of the 'pilgrimage of love'. The main discussion of the novel is focused on the function of the motif of 'pilgrimage of love'. Analysis concluded that 'pilgrimage of love' is positioned as the journey to the artistic sublimation of the pleasure of death. This setting is considered to reflect the literary status of the author at that time.

Kyoko no Ie is a representative full-length novel written by Mishima Yukio in his mid-career writing. The text is influenced by the painting, The Embarkation for Cythera, which represents the classical theme in Western literature of the 'pilgrimage of love'. The main discussion of the novel is focused on the function of the motif of 'pilgrimage of love'. Analysis concluded that 'pilgrimage of love' is positioned as the journey to the artistic sublimation of the pleasure of death. This setting is considered to reflect the literary status of the author at that time.