He combined these segments into a 'complete' Snow Country, making numerous changes to the texts as they appeared in the journals, which was published in June 1937. Kawabata continued to write about the characters, and five more segments were published over the next years: Monogatari ('Story' or 'Tale') and Toro ('Futile Efforts') appeared in the journal Nihon Hyoron in the November and December 1935 issues Kaya no Hana ('Miscanthus Flower') appeared in Chuo Koron August 1936 Hi no Makura ('Pillow of Fire') in Bungeishunjū October 1936 and Temariuta ('Handball Song') was published in Kaizō May 1937. Kawabata later wrote that he could not finish his manuscript by the submission deadline of this literary journal, and decided to keep writing and submit a second version of this segment, titled Shiroi Asa no Kagami ('Mirror of a White Morning') to the general-interest magazine Kaizō several days later. While writing that Japanese novelists often publish 'their works in serial form and under various titles' she observes Kawabata is 'further noted for his habit of rewriting, adding segments, and making changes in titles and content alike.' The first segment, titled Yugeshiki no Kagami ('Mirror of the Evening Scene') appeared in Bungeishunjū January 1935.

Gwenn Boardman Petersen uses Snow Country as an example of how he often composed his works. The novel is considered a classic work of Japanese literature and was among the three novels the Nobel Committee cited in 1968, when Kawabata was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Snow Country ( 雪国, Yukiguni, IPA: ) is a novel by the Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata.

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