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In “Hakkodasan Shi no Hoko” (Death March on Mount Hakkoda), author Jiro Nitta (1912-1980) depicts a scene where soldiers on the march who have lost their way in a raging snowstorm start to collapse from the unbearable cold, exhaustion and drowsiness.