What is the setting of The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata?

The novel is set in the late forties, early fifties in Tokyo and a suburb of the city. Many of the scenes take place either in the Ogata home or in Shingo's office. The time period in which this novel is set is important to the plot because it is not long after the end of World War II, causing the war to have a role in the actions and behaviors of some of the characters in the novel.