The Temple of Dawn

The Temple of Dawn
First edition (Japanese)
AuthorYukio Mishima
Original titleAkatsuki no tera (暁の寺)
TranslatorE. Dale Saunders & Cecilia Segawa Seigle
LanguageJapanese
SeriesThe Sea of Fertility
PublisherShinchosha (orig.) & Alfred A. Knopf (Eng. trans.)
Publication date
1970
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
Oct 1973
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN0-394-46614-4 (Eng. trans. first edition, hardback)
OCLC628303
895.6/3/5
LC ClassPZ3.M6878 Se vol. 3 PL833.I7
Preceded byRunaway Horses 
Followed byThe Decay of the Angel 

The Temple of Dawn (暁の寺, Akatsuki no tera) is the third novel in the Sea of Fertility tetralogy by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. For this as for the other novels in the series, Mishima travelled to various places to conduct research, including Wat Arun in Bangkok, Thailand.[1]

  1. ^ The Yukio Mishima Cyber Museum. Village Yamanaka. Accessed May 22, 2008.