Onakatomi no Yoshinobu (ch. 24) Chao P tells a story from the Jataka (ch. 33) Honda listens to the Abbess talk about The Thirty Verses and The Providence of the Greater Vehicle by Asanga (ch. 54) Another son of a marquis, called the Monster because of his facial and physical defects, is shown as frequently carrying a book by Giacomo Leopardi (ch. 48) The dream and reincarnation themes of Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari inspired Spring Snow, and a former teacher of Mishima's had recently released an edition of Hamamatsu as Mishima began work on Spring Snow. Honda reads Ikki Kita's The Theory of Japan's National Polity and Pure Socialism (国体論及び純正社会主義 Kokutairon oyobi Junsei Shakaishugi) but cannot relate to the author's strong feelings. Notes Until shortly after World War II, Japanese people generally reckoned age by number of different years lived in rather than by birthdays. So Kiyoaki and Honda were born in 1895 and Satoko in 1893. Adaptations Spring Snow was made into a Japanese-language film, directed by Isao Yukisada, in 2005, and shortly afterwards it was announced that it would be adapted for manga by Riyoko Ikeda and serialised in the women's magazine Shukan Josei. See Spring Snow (2005 film). References 1966 novels Novels by Yukio Mishima Novels set in Tokyo Shinchosha books Novels first published in serial form Fiction set in 1912 Alfred A. Knopf books Fiction set in 1913 Fiction set in 1914 Novels about dreams Japanese novels adapted into films ja:豊饒の海#第一巻・春の雪