 First edition (Japanese) | |
| Author | Yukio Mishima |
|---|---|
| Original title | Tennin Gosui (Five Death Omens of an Angel) (天人五衰) |
| Translator | Edward Seidensticker |
| Language | Japanese |
| Series | The Sea of Fertility |
| Publisher | Shinchosha (orig.) & Alfred A. Knopf (Eng. trans.) |
Publication date | 25 February 1971 |
| Publication place | Japan |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 271p |
| ISBN | 1-135-14469-9 (Eng. trans. first edition, hardback) |
| Preceded by | The Temple of Dawn |
The Decay of the Angel (天人五衰, Tennin Gosui) is a novel by Yukio Mishima and is the fourth and last in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy. It was published in Shinchosha (orig.) on 25 February 1971, three months after Yukio Mishima's suicide.