Spring Snow
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Spring Snow is a 1969 novel by Japanese author Yukio Mishima, the first volume of his Sea of Fertility tetralogy, exploring doomed love and the decline of Japan’s aristocracy in the early 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Yukio Mishima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| followedBy | Runaway Horses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
ⓘ
romantic novel ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Runaway Horses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
aristocracy
ⓘ
forbidden love ⓘ social change in Japan ⓘ |
| hasTetralogy | The Sea of Fertility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kiyoaki Matsugae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Satoko Ayakura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
clash between tradition and modernity
ⓘ
decline of the Japanese aristocracy ⓘ doomed love ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of Taishō-era aristocracy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 春の雪 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sea of Fertility tetralogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Sea of Fertility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | Shinchosha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | 1 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| titleInRomaji | Haru no Yuki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Michael Gallagher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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