Oct 6, 2025
Have you read Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata (orig. 千羽鶴, 1949-1951)?
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Have you read Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata (orig. 千羽鶴, 1949-1951)?
yes
no
I didn't finish it
I've never heard of it
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Seeing his father and Fumiko's mother in the bowls, Kikuji felt that they had raised two beautiful ghosts and placed them side by side. The tea bowls were here, present, and the present reality of Kikuji and Fumiko, facing across the bowls, seemed immaculate too.
Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
Art by Kiyoshi Saito
“Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate.”
Kawabata Yasunari “Thousand Cranes”
Worrying oneself over the dead— was it in most cases a mistake, not unlike berating them? The dead did not press moral considerations upon the living.
Thousand Cranes, Yasunari Kawabata
Read of Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata (1949) (147pgs)
Translated from Japanese 1958
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"... a clear tranquil harmony." #Kawabata #thousandcranes #1952Club
A year ago, for the #1937Club, I read “Snow Country” by Yasunari Kawabata. Whether, strictly speaking, it qualified for that year was up for debate; however, my edition also contains the novel “Thousand Cranes” and as that was first published in book form in 1952 I feel quite justified in having read it for this April’s Club Week! Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker (as was “Snow…”) it’s an…
Read of Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata (1949) (147pgs)
Translated from Japanese
"The dead are our property, in a way. We must take care of them," said Kikuji. "But they all died in such a hurry."
Yasunari Kawabata, Thousand Cranes
Art by Masao Ido