Junichiro Tanizaki (1886–1965) is a classic of Japanese literature, a continuer of its centuries-old traditions, one of the most significant writers in Japan in the first half of the 20th century. The novel “Fine Snow” is Tanizaki’s main and best work. Written in the genre of a family chronicle, it tells about Japan in the 1930s, about the joys and sorrows of the four Makioka sisters, who belong to an old and wealthy merchant family. The writer creates a vivid and realistic picture of life in Japan in the years preceding World War II. The novel harmoniously combines an accurate and impartial analysis of reality and deep lyricism.