A lieutenant in the Japanese army comes home to his wife and informs her that his closest friends have become mutineers. He and his beautiful loyal wife decide to end their lives together. In unwavering detail Mishima describes Shinji and Reiko making love for the last time and the couple's seppuku that follows.
- ISBN10 0811213129
- ISBN13 9780811213127
- Publish Date 27 August 1996
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 17 December 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64
- Language English