Abbot Dosen is a prelate concerned with material gain, while the main character, Mizoguchi, spends the novel attempting to destroy the title building, a temple that survives the bombs of WWII and a typhoon.
A central theme to this work is the parable of the sacrifice of a kitten, which is interpreted by Kashiwagi. Uiko's abandonment of the main character leads to him "shutting himself up in himself," as does his father's death and the suicide of his friend Tsurukawa. Abbot Dosen is a prelate concerned with material gain, while the main character, Mizoguchi, spends the novel attempting to destroy the title building, a temple that survives the bombs of WWII and a typhoon. FTP, identify this 1956 novel about a temple by Yukio Mishima.
A central theme to this work is the parable of the sacrifice of a kitten, which is interpreted by Kashiwagi.
The {Temple of the Golden Pavilion}