is a 1969 play written by Yukio Mishima.
It is a fictional depiction of Jayavarman VII's legendary construction of the Bayon set against a backdrop of the rapidly declining Khmer Empire. It is notable for being Mishima's last original work aside from "The Sea of Fertility", and strongly manifests his characteristic themes.
Summary.
The script for "Raiō no Terasu" first appeared in the July 1969 issue of the literary magazine and was published in book form by Chūōkōronsha on June 28 of the same year. A paperback edition was published by on August 10, 1975, but was banned from publication and went out of print. A Japanese-language edition is currently only available in a complete compilation of Mishima's works published in 2002 by Shinchōsha. Satō Hiroaki translated "Raiō no Terasu" into English as "The Terrace of the Leper King" in 2002.
In 2016, Miyamoto Amon directed a performance of "Raiō no Terasu" cast by Phare Circus.