# The Old Capital

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/yasunari-kawabata/the-old-capital/9781593760328

JSON version (same data): https://www.bookquiver.com/yasunari-kawabata/the-old-capital/9781593760328.json

![The Old Capital](https://quivercdn.com/covers/counterpoint/yasunari-kawabata/the-old-capital_978-15-9376-032-8.jpg?v=2026-06-21%2001%3A25%3A49)

- Book: [The Old Capital](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasunari-kawabata/the-old-capital) ([The Old Capital.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasunari-kawabata/the-old-capital.md))
- Authors: [Yasunari Kawabata](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasunari-kawabata), [J. Martin Holman](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-martin-holman)
- Publisher: counterpoint
- ISBN: 978-15-9376-032-8
- Pages: 200
- Published: 2006-01-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A young woman in historic Kyoto grapples with secrets from her past in this lyrical work of Japanese literature from a Nobel Prize–winning author. The Old Capital is one of the three novels cited...