Its male protagonist latches on to the prominent birthmark of his deceased father's lover, as an emblem of disgust.  
Its male protagonist latches on to the prominent birthmark of his deceased father's lover, as an emblem of disgust.  She attempts to arrange his marriage with Fumiko, but he commences an affair with her mother, Mrs. Ota, another of his deceased father's lovers.  Finding no happiness in this affair, and hindered by his hate for Chikako, Mitani Kikuji cannot find the will to marry Fumiko.  Set against the intricacies of the tea ceremony, FTP, identify this Kawabata novel, whose title refers to the pattern on Fumiko's kimono.
Its male protagonist latches on to the prominent birthmark of his deceased father's lover, as an emblem of disgust.  
Thousand Cranes