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Mishima may refer to:
Mishima is a Catalan indie pop band from Barcelona, Spain. Formed in 1999, the band consists of David Carabén, Marc Lloret, Dani Vega, Xavi Caparrós, and Alfons Serra. The group's name refers to Japanese author Yukio Mishima.
Mishima's first two albums, recorded in English were well received by the critics, but their major success came in 2005, with the release of the third album, Trucar a casa. Recollir les fotos. Pagar la multa ("Call home. Pick up photos. Pay the fine"), in the Catalan language. Their subsequent albums have been in Catalan.
They released their fourth album in 2007. Titled Set tota la vida (Thirsty the whole life), it consists of by nine stories written and sung by David Carabén. Spanish music magazine Rockdelux called it one of the best Spanish albums of the decade.
In 2010, their fifth album, Ordre i aventura (Order and adventure), was released in Barcelona. In 2011, they played at the Palau de la Música Catalana, a concert hall in Barcelona designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Mishima (written: 三島 or 三嶋) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Mishima Michitsune (1835–1888), viscount and statesman of the Tokugawa shogunate
- Michiharu Mishima (1897–1965), viscount of the Scout Association of Japan, Chief Scout of Japan
- Yukio Mishima (1925–1970), the penname of Kimitake Hiraoka, a Japanese novelist and playwright and subject of the film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) and 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012).
- Dokonjonosuke Mishima (born 1972), Japanese mixed martial artist
Usage examples of "mishima".
Mishima were ornate today in blue cloaks trimmed with red and yellow, and red coats with blue cuffs and lapels edged in yellow.
Mishima by the light of the moon and the big lanterns hung from the outlying shops and tea houses.
The first thing he saw upon emerging from the bathroom was a framed photo of Yukio Mishima, the samurai-poet who had committed hara-kiri in 1970 in order to dramatize to an uncomprehending nation a death of uniqueness: the dissolution of traditional Japanese values in the noisome cauldron of the ethos of the West.
In ill humor, Buntaro told her Toranaga had changed his mind again, that now he was ordered to Mishima temporarily.
Then, everything completed - even the formal cha invitation tomorrow to the eight most influential Mama-sans in Mishima to discuss a matter of great import - she sank gratefully into a perfect bath, "Ahhhhhhhhh!
The hospital had given me a little anti-invasive treatment that was supposed to last a week or soone more item on the bill Mishima was payingbut I was still eagerly avoiding micros of any description as much as I could.
Omi was to base himself in Mishima for the time being, to guard that section of the Tokaido Road, and to prepare palanquins and horses in sufficient quantity for Toranaga and the considerable entourage that was necessary to a formal state visit.