Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): In one novel from this country, Mr. Sneaze is mocked by the narrator, an extremely formal house cat. The protagonist of another novel from this country claims that his index finger remembers a woman who is learning to play the shamisen despite living with a paralyzed music teacher. In a third novel from this country, a journalist narrates the "sealed moves" in the retirement game of Shusai, who lays down white stones on a board. For 10 points, name this country whose hot springs are a setting for Snow Country, in which I Am a Cat and The Master of Go were written by Natsume Soseki and Yasunari Kawabata.
Output (English): Literature