[DeepL Translation - needs review] Essays by Ango Sakaguchi, a leading writer of the "Muori-ha" school active in the early Showa period. Included in "Ango Sakaguchi zenshu 16" [Chikuma Shobo, 2000]. Originally scheduled to appear in "Hope," it was deleted by GHQ censors for being "militaristic. The author concludes, "War is a curse forever, but the 'passion for patriotism and martyrdom' that once resided in the hearts of men is never wrong.
(Translator: DeepL)
Poetic essay about war
and the beauty of kamikaze pilots. (author opinion, not mine.)
Language is a bit on the older side, but accessible.