Novelist
Yasunari Kawabata
The first Japanese writer to win the Nobel Prize, for novels of great restraint including Snow Country. He died by gas at seventy-two, leaving no note.
Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.
- Born
- 1899-06-14, Osaka, JapanA Wednesday
- Died
- 1972-04-16, Zushi, JapanA Sunday, aged 72
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1899-06-14, Osaka, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
Asia/TokyoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 22°48′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 27°36′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 21°58′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 27°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 28°51′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 0°35′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 20°12′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 5°19′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Gemini | 24°25′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 15°22′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1972-04-16, Zushi, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 26°13′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 28°34′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 3°51′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 11°43′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 12°58′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 8°11′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 4°21′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 15°51′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 4°50′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Libra | 0°01′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Yasunari Kawabata was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.