question: The Sound of Waves (潮騒 , Shiosai ), a 1954 novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima is representative of what literary criticism, that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood?
answer: Bildungsroman
context: Title: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
  Passage: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (金閣寺 , Kinkaku-ji ) is a novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima.  It was published in 1956 and translated into English by Ivan Morris in 1959.
  Title: The Sea of Fertility
  Passage: The Sea of Fertility (豊饒の海 , Hōjō no Umi ) is a tetralogy of novels written by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima.  The four novels are "Spring Snow" (1969), "Runaway Horses" (1969), "The Temple of Dawn" (1970), and "The Decay of the Angel" (1971).  The series, which Mishima began writing in 1964 and which was his final work, is usually thought of as his masterpiece.  Its title refers to the Mare Fecunditatis, a lunar mare.
  Title: Mishima (band)
  Passage: 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.
  Title: Yukio Mishima
  Passage: Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫 , Mishima Yukio ) is the pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka (平岡 公威 , Hiraoka Kimitake , January 14, 1925November 25, 1970) , a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, and film director.  Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century.  He was considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 but the award went to his countryman Yasunari Kawabata.  His works include the novels "Confessions of a Mask" and "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", and the autobiographical essay "Sun and Steel".  His avant-garde work displayed a blending of modern and traditional aesthetics that broke cultural boundaries, with a focus on sexuality, death, and political change.  Mishima was active as a nationalist and founded his own right-wing militia, the Tatenokai.  In 1970, he and three other members of his militia staged an attempted "coup d'état" when they seized control of a Japanese military base and took the commander hostage, then tried and failed to inspire a coup to restore the Emperor's pre-war powers.  Mishima then committed ritual suicide by "seppuku".  The coup attempt became known as the "Mishima Incident".
  Title: Wang Sheng Hong
  Passage: Wang Sheng Hong was born in Hemei village in Zhanghua County, Taiwan in 1970, growing up in a farming family with an illiterate mother and a father who only received basic education.  Though his parents did not excel at explaining the world, their actions served as a model for honesty, warmth and kindness.  As a youth, Wang enjoyed reading the works of Qi Jun and Yukio Mishima, and exchanged letters with the former for twenty years, discussing the giving and receiving among family and friends, as well as their shared love for various other topics.  Meanwhile, the author Yukio sparked his interest in passion, immorality, and life and death.
  Title: Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima
  Passage: Persona: A Biography of Yukio Mishima is a 2012 biography of Yukio Mishima written by Naoki Inose with Hiroaki Sato, and published by Stone Bridge Press.  It is an expanded adaptation in English of Inose's 1995 Mishima biography, "Persona: Mishima Yukio den", published by Bungeishunjū in Tokyo, Japan.
  Title: Mishima Yukio Prize
  Passage: The Mishima Yukio Prize (三島由紀夫賞 , Mishima Yukio Shō ) is a Japanese literary award presented annually.  It was established in 1988 in memory of author Yukio Mishima.
  Title: Confessions of a Mask
  Passage: Confessions of a Mask (仮面の告白 , Kamen no Kokuhaku ) is Japanese author Yukio Mishima's second novel.  First published in 1949, it launched him to national fame though he was only in his early twenties.
  Title: Bildungsroman
  Passage: In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (] ; English: "novel of formation, education, culture"; "coming-of-age story") is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), in which character change is extremely important.
  Title: The Sound of Waves
  Passage: The Sound of Waves (潮騒 , Shiosai ) is a 1954 novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima.  It is a coming-of-age story of the protagonist Shinji and his romance with Hatsue, the beautiful daughter of the wealthy ship owner Terukichi.  For this book Mishima was awarded the Shincho Prize from Shinchosha Publishing in 1954.  It has been adapted for film five times.
citations: The Sound of Waves Bildungsroman