China first published Kawabata Yasunari' s “snow country” in 1981, it has been more than 40 years since then. With the hard work of Chinese scholars, China has become an important country for Kawabata Yasunari' s research outside Japan, and its fruitful research results have won recognition and evaluation at home and abroad This paper elaborated on the characteristics of the research on Kawabata literature in China in the past 40 years from four aspects. First, the criticism method was relatively single, mainly sociological criticism. Second, the research results were abundant and the research methods were diverse. Third, the development of comparative literature had promoted and expanded the study of Kawabata by Chinese scholars. Fourth, the translation and introduction of overseas research results promoted and accelerated the process of Chinese scholars' research on Kawabata literature. At the same time, the summary of these characteristics revealed the interaction between literature research and social change, and looked forward to the future research direction.
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