Raiō no Terasu

Raiō no Terasu
Original title癩王のテラス
Written byYukio Mishima
Date premieredJuly 4, 1969 (1969-07-04)
Place premieredTeikoku Gekijō
Original languageJapanese

Raiō no Terasu (癩王のテラス; The Terrace of the Leper King) is a 1969 play written by Yukio Mishima.

It is a fictional depiction of Jayavarman VII's legendary construction of the Bayon set against a backdrop of the rapidly declining Khmer Empire. It is notable for being Mishima's last original work aside from The Sea of Fertility, and strongly manifests his characteristic themes.

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