雪国
Hokuetsu Seppu (北越雪譜 "Snow stories of North Etsu Province"; translation: "Snow Country Tales: Life in the other Japan" by Jeffrey Hunter with Rose Lesser, Weatherhill, 1986) is a late Edo-period encyclopedic work of human geography describing life in the Uonuma area of Japan's old Echigo Province, a place known for its long winters and deep snow.