Director, Environmental Studies
Professor of English

Theme and Image Index to Kawabata’s Snow Country

Nature & (un)reality

Border Range: …, 85, 110, 132,

cedars: 29, 30, 31, 32, 45, 48, 62, 88, 110, 119, 150, 160,

distance, vast: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 23, 29, 42, 43, 44, 57, 58, 59, 68, 72, 75, 83, 106, 109, 110, 119, 120, 150, 155, 158, 159, 160,

dream: 7, 9, 43, 108, 131, 139, 150,

echo: 5, …, 56, 83, 109, 120, 130, 139, 155, 159,

emptiness, void (in nature): …, 44, 54, 56, 71, 86, 155,

fantasy: 25, 42,

insects, amphibians: 89, 95, 96, 100, 104, 105, 110, 131, 132, 138,

mirror, reflection: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 48, 57, 62, 63, 73, 85, 86, 108, 134, 143, 149,

mountain: 4, 9, 19, 20, 27, 29, 31, 45, 47, 49, 57, 62, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 80, 83, 85, 108, 110, 111, 112, 132, 142, 145, 150, 158, 159, 163, 165, 168,

other world: 9, 10, 11, 58, 86, 131,

persimmon: 52, 53, 57, 92, 121,

sky: 3, 9, 30, 44, 45, 47, 62, 66, 81, 85, 86, 99, 139, 145, 150, 163, 165, 168,

stars: …, 99, …, 160, 163, 164,

transparent: 10, 45, 54, 71, 86, 117,

unreal: 11, 24, 32, 85, 112,

time and timeless: 9, 14, 23,

window: 3, 8, 23, 24, 44, 47, 54, 57, 62, 76, 85, 86, 89, 99, 108, 109, 115, 138, 149, 160,

Colors & light

black: …, 38, 50, 56, 75, 80, 81, 87, 89, 119,

blue: 13, 52, 77, 81, 113,

color of evening: …, 62, 85,

green: 16, 28, 30, 88, 101, 111,

purple: 85,

red: 5, 9, 16, 20, 32, 39, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 62, 63, 73, 76, 85, 87, 88, 92, 94, 101, 108, 109, 113, 120, 122, 124, 126, 130, 131, 132, 133, 143, 148, 152, 153, 160, 165, 167, 172, 172,

silver: …, 88, 117, 148, 155, 165, 166,

white: 3, 4, 29, 32, (39), 45, 56, 75, 80, 81, 85, 86, 89, 96, 108, 113, 120, 121, 130, 149, 150, 152, 153, 158, 165, 171, 174,

Dark & light

dark: 3, 4, 7, 30, 39, 53, 54, 74, 165,

glow: …, 50, 62, 89, 93, 114, 140,

light: 5, 7, 9, 10, 45, 49, 54, 57, 62, 86, 95, 109, 135, 163, 167, 168,

shadow: …, 62, 76, 80, 101,

Characters

Komako-animal: 47, 96, 100, 130, 143, 144,

Komako-nature: 19, 30, 31, 32, 44, 54, 72, 101, 167,

Yoko: 3-12, 14, 57, 66, 68, 81-83, 108-109, 119-122, 127, 132, 134, 137-141, 153,

Yoko-nature: 5, 7, 9, 10, 14, 57, 83,

Qualities

beauty: 4, 8, 9, 10, 32, 48, 57, 68, 83, 119, 127, 132, 134, 135, 164,

clean, pure: 13, 18, 21, 23, 31, 32, 54, 62, 66, 72, 73, 82, 89, 102, 113, 115, 120, 144, 150, 152,

clear: 12, 56, 66, 68, 72, 85, 86, 108, 109, 132, 137, 159, 165, 167,

death: …, 83, 84, 87, 88, 94, 96, 99, 117, 119, 120, 131, 132, 133, 138, 139, 172,

emotion: 8, 10, 71, 73, 84, 87, 118, 130, 142,

empty (life): 62, 127,

eye: 7, …, 57, 65, 66, 79, 104, 121, 128, 134, 138, 140, 146, 148, 160, 167, 174,

face, cheek: …, 73, 82, 85, 87, 101, 135, 172, 174, 175,

fire, flame, burn: …, 47, 48, 51, 52, 55, 57, 76, 84, 94, 114, 123, 127, 144, 162-175

fresh: …, 48, 56, …, 120, 157,

friend: 19, 21, 37,

gaze, glance: …, 57, …, 82, 108, 117, 119, 128, 134, 138, 145, 155,

hair: 16, 34, 39, 45, 55, 74, 79, 80, 81, 116, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 166, 172,

hand, finger, arm: 7, 15, 35,

home; go home: 35, 45, 55, 77, 78, 83, 101, 103, 114, 116, 124, 140,

insane: …, 138, 140, 175,

intent, earnest, put whole self in: 8, 11, 15, 82, 83, 102, 103, 111, 117, 118, 134, 135, 137, 151, 157, 172,

lonely, sad: 5, 9, 18, 32, 42, 43, 45, 46, 54, 56, 72, 73, 78, 80, 83, 97, 106, 108, 109, 118, 119, 129, 130, 132, 144, 150, 168,

powder (face): …, 81, 96, 113, 130,

stillness, tranquility, serenity: …, 30, 31, …, 44, …, 105, 119, 120, 123, 140, 142, 163, 168,

vitality, drive to live: …, 128, 131, 142, 147, 150, 155,

voice: 34, 56, 68, 75, 83, 86, 94, 102, 103, 108, 109, 116, 119, 127, 132, 135, 139, 148, 149, 154, 169,

wasted effort: 41-43, 61, 72, 112, 127, (131), (157),

yūgen: 9, 44, 48,

Movement

ascend, drawn up: …, 99, 119, …, 149, 165, 168, 170, 171, 172,

fall back: …, 71, …, 146, 175

fall, sink, descend: 12, 44, 62, 77, 79, 85, 119, 132, 165, 168, 172, 175,

float: …, 48, 54, 56, 86, 88, 97, 149, 154, 165, 170, 172,

flow, current: 10, 14, 32, 71, 100, 115, 125, 168, 175,

sucked into: …, 85, …

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