Yasunari Kawabata - Music

Music

  • Electronic experimentalist Purusha used parts of Kawabata's work in his musical compositions in different occasions. The song Water Flea (a remix collaboration with Japanese electronic musician Nobukazu Takemura) contains excerpts read in Italian from Palm-of-the-Hand Stories.

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