A character in this novel describes how a farmer h
A character in this novel describes how a farmer had built a restaurant for his mistress, but she had run away with another man, leaving the farmer's wife to operate the restaurant bearing the mistress's name. At the beginning of this novel, the protagonist uses a mirror to stare into the eye of a beautiful young girl caring for a sick man on a train. In a scene in this novel, a character sings "Dark Hair" in a childish voice while playing the (*) samisen. At its end, a cocoon warehouse, which had been converted into a movie theatre, burns down, and Yukio's former caregiver leaps to her death. The protagonist is an expert in western ballet despite never having seen one performed. For 10 points, name this novel centering on the romance between Shimamura and the geisha Komako, by Yasunari Kawabata.
A character in this novel describes how a farmer had built a restaurant for his mistress, but she had run away with another man, leaving the farmer's wife to operate the restaurant bearing the mistress's name.