The Sound of the Mountain

The Sound of the Mountain
First English-language edition
AuthorYasunari Kawabata
Original title山の音
Yama no oto
TranslatorEdward Seidensticker
LanguageJapanese
Publication date
1949–1954
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
1970 (Knopf)
Media typePrint (hardcover)

The Sound of the Mountain (Japanese: 山の音, Hepburn: Yama no oto) is a novel by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, serialized between 1949 and 1954, and first published as a standalone book in 1954 by Chikuma Shobō, Tokyo.