In addition to Thirst for Love and After the Banquet, he wrote a short story in which the title principle is demonstrated by the protagonist, who kills himself rather than fight against the Emperor, "Patriotism", and a novel in which Mizoguchi fails to kill himself after starting a fire in the titular structure.
In one novel by this writer, the protagonist kills a gardener who she had supposedly been falling in love with when Saburo tries to act on Etsuko's feelings, and in another work, the formerly retired Noguchi struggles with the efforts of his wealthy wife Kazu to win him an election, preferring to win on his own. In addition to Thirst for Love and After the Banquet, he wrote a short story in which the title principle is demonstrated by the protagonist, who kills himself rather than fight against the Emperor, "Patriotism", and a novel in which Mizoguchi fails to kill himself after starting a fire in the titular structure. For 10 points, who is this Japanese author of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and The Sea of Fertility tetralogy, who committed seppuku in 1970?
In one novel by this writer, the protagonist kills a gardener who she had supposedly been falling in love with when Saburo tries to act on Etsuko's feelings, and in another work, the formerly retired Noguchi struggles with the efforts of his wealthy wife Kazu to win him an election, preferring to win on his own.
Yukio {Mishima} [order {doesn't matter}]