Natsuko Iwamura becomes the secretary in place of Tanizaki Eiko in this novel, and the protagonist's daughter Fumiko beats her husband and travels to Shinano before Toriyama's funeral.
At one point in this novel, the dog Teru has ten puppies, and the protagonist has a dream about beards. The protagonist copes with the deaths of his friends Tatsumi and Kitamoto, and at the end of the novel he forgets how to tie a tie. Natsuko Iwamura becomes the secretary in place of Tanizaki Eiko in this novel, and the protagonist's daughter Fumiko beats her husband and travels to Shinano before Toriyama's funeral. The final scene of this novel sees the protagonist suggest going to the country and looking at the maple trees, while earlier his son Shuichi cheats on his wife Kikuko with a war widow, Kinuko, who goes to the country to have Shuichi's child. For 10 points, name this novel in which Yasuko and her businessman husband Shingo cope with aging and the marital problems of their children, written by Yasunari Kawabata.
At one point in this novel, the dog Teru has ten puppies, and the protagonist has a dream about beards.
The Sound of the Mountain [or Yama no Oto]