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About This Novel

The protagonist Kikuji is invited by Chikako to attend a tea party. Chikako was once the lover of Kikuji's father. After the death of Kikuji's father's friend Ota, Mrs. Ota often came to Kikuji's father to discuss things, and she became Kikuji's father's new lover during their interactions. Chikako invites Kikuji to a tea party in order to introduce him to his love interest, Miss Inamura. Also seated were Mrs. Ota and her daughter Fumiko. Seeing Kikuji, Mrs. Ota felt a familiar attraction, and the two had sexual relations that night. After being exposed, he was opposed by Chiako and Fumiko. Mrs. Ota felt deeply guilty and committed suicide after seeing Kikuji for the last time. After Fumiko spent the night with Kikuji, she disappeared from sight. Kikuji also admires Yukiko whom Chiko introduced to him. Kawabata Yasunari uses a delicate and euphemistic style to describe the intricate relationship between Kikuji and several women around him, trying to explore the sadness and beauty of human nature from the emotional entanglements that are not recognized by social morality.

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