Kawabata Yasunari Yukuni’s most famous saying is: There is no wound deeper than night, no forgetfulness shorter than dreams, the story you love most dies before dawn, the person you love most always brings melancholy.

"Snow Country" is the first novella written by Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari, and it is also his representative work of aestheticism. It has been in the form of short stories since 1935, with "Mirror of Dusk Scenery" and "Daytime". Titles such as "The Mirror" were published intermittently in magazines such as "Literary Spring and Autumn" and "Reformation".

"Snow Country" is Kawabata Yasunari's highest masterpiece. The beauty of nothingness, cleanliness and sadness depicted in it reaches the extreme, making people heart-thumping and melancholy. The beautiful image descriptions in the works are integrated into the expression of the characters' emotions, often with a touch of sadness, expressing Kawabata Yasunari's thoughts on material sorrow.

Artistic techniques

Kawabata has extremely strict requirements on the literary language of his works. It is said that after he finished writing a section, he always thought about it again and again, and often deleted most of it after revising it. Therefore, although his articles are quite close to spoken language, they do not feel verbose at all. The language is concise and the description is accurate, which is closely related to his careful observation and familiarity with the objects he describes.

The images used in Kawabata's novels include: mirrors, flowers, dreams, rain, rainbows, etc. These are also images that traditional writers and modern writers love to use, but Kawabata gives them new meanings. Rainbows, fields of fire, the Milky Way, dreams, etc. are also symbolic images.