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A thirty year old artist travels from the city to the country, reflecting on art, poetry and nature during his trip. He strives to reduce other human beings to figures in a landscape while stifling emotions to observe objectively. This book's prose is placid, sensuous and elegant. The ruminations the protagonist makes were interesting. And yet it makes me wonder whether I should have gone with a different book as the first Natsume book, because to put it simply, I was bored. The references to Japanese and Chinese artists and poets were informative and enriching, but the plot was too tenuous and the constant (wonderful) descriptions of landscape and beauty became tiresome at some point. Still interested to read more by the writer.