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On November 25, 1970, Mishima and members of the Tatenokai took over Ichigaya Camp, the Tokyo headquarters of the Eastern Command of the Japan’s Self-Defense Forces. Mishima had written a manifesto and designed plans to articulate its contents. His followers bound the Commandant and barricaded his office. Mishima had written out a list of demands and had them painted on a banner, which he later hung from the balcony leading out of the Commandant’s office. Mishima stepped onto the balcony to address the gathered soldiers below. He intended to inspire them to help his troops stage a coup d'etat and restore the Emperor to his rightful place. He succeeded only in irritating them and was mocked and jeered for his efforts. They were unable to hear him and he aborted his planned speech after only a few minutes. He stepped in from the balcony and ritually committed seppuku, finalized by his ritual decapitation by Tatenokai Hiroyasu Koga.

Much speculation has surfaced regarding Mishima's seppuku. At the age of 45, he was considered to be at the peak of his literary powers. He had just completed the final book in his ''Sea of Fertility'' tetralogy and was recognized as perhaps the most important living Japanese novelist. He wrote 40 novels, 18 plays, 20 books of short stories, and at least 20 books of essays as well as one libretto. He had also starred in several films, directing himself in his ''Yukoku'' (Patriotism). His later political agitation was expressed through his fervent identification with traditional Japanese values as represented by [[Emperor Hirohito]] and the symbolism of [[feudalism|Feudal Japan]]. One of Mishima's most influential essays, ''Bunka boeiron'' (''A Defense of Culture''), argues that the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] was the source of [[Culture of Japan|Japanese Culture]], and to defend the Emperor was to defend the Japanese Culture.

It was rumored this suicide was a result of his secret affair with a homosexual lover