Spring Snow

Spring Snow
First edition (Japanese)
AuthorYukio Mishima
Original title春の雪 (Haru no Yuki)
TranslatorMichael Gallagher
LanguageJapanese
SeriesThe Sea of Fertility
PublisherShinchosha (orig.) & Alfred A. Knopf (Eng. trans.)
Publication date
1969
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
1972
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages269
ISBN0-677-14960-3 (Eng. trans.)
OCLC207633
551.4/6
LC ClassGC2 .S83 1969
Followed byRunaway Horses 
The photograph of the military funeral at Tokuri-ji described at the beginning of Spring Snow.

Spring Snow (春の雪, Haru no Yuki) is a novel by Yukio Mishima, the first in his Sea of Fertility tetralogy. It was published serially in Shinchō from 1965 to 1967, and then in book form in 1969.[1] Mishima did extensive research, including visits to Enshō-ji in Nara, to prepare for the novel.[2]

  1. ^ Sato, Hideaki; Inoue, Takashi (2005). 決定版 三島由紀夫全集・第42巻・年譜・書誌 [Final edition-Yukio Mishima complete works No.42-Biographical sketch and Bibliography] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. pp. 275, 304, 440, 550.
  2. ^ The Yukio Mishima Cyber Museum. Village Yamanaka. Accessed May 22, 2008.