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JISEI

bitsy poetry game

2021

On November 24, 1970, writer Yukio Mishima composed his jisei (death poem) before committing ritual suicide. Here is what he wrote. Act as his ink brush, and use your arrow keys to write the characters of his death poem.

Explore the poem on itch.io (recommended):



Or play it here using arrow key controls:


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