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Was this the bright vastness the poet Bashō saw when he wrote of the Milky Way arched over a stormy sea?

Yasunari Kawabata

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night-sky milky-way

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Yasunari Kawabata [川端康成 Kawabata Yasunari] (14 June 1899 – 16 April 1972) was a Japanese short story writer and novelist known for his spare, lyrical, and subtly-shaded prose. In 1968 he became the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Native Name: 川端康成

Alternative Names: Kawabata Yasunari • KAWABATA Yasunari

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The train came out of the long border tunnel — and there was the snow country. The night had turned white.

They were words that came out of nothing, but they seemed to him somehow significant. He muttered them over again.

He closed his eyes and the warmth sank into his head, bringing an immediate sense of life. Reality came through the violent breathing, and with a sort of nostalgic remorse. He felt as though he was waiting tranquilly for some undefined revenge.

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