num_pages: 389
description: Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial families, a new and powerful political and social elite.Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them. Coming of age, he is caught up in the tensions between the old and the new, and his feelings for the exquisite, spirited Satoko, observed from the sidelines by his devoted friend Honda. When Satoko is engaged to a royal prince, Kiyoaki realises the magnitude of his passion.
language: English
title: Spring Snow
titlecomplete: Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)
characters: Satoko Ayakura, Kiyoaki Matsugae, Shigekuni Honda, Shigeyuki Iinuma
genres: Asia, Historical Fiction, Japanese Literature, Novels, Asian Literature, Literature, Japan, Classics, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 17941
places: Japan, Tokyo
series: The Sea of Fertility
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Vintage