Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927)

Author of Rashomon and Other Stories

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About the Author

Brilliant, sensitive, neurotic, Akutagawa Ryunosuke left over 100 stories before his suicide at age 35. Feudal fables are often the source for his tales, but Akutagawa also brought his knowledge of several world literatures to enrich his writing. His best-known story, "In a Grove" ("Yabu no naka"), show more has become a play and was made into the prizewinning movie Rashomon by Kurosawa Akira (see Vol. 3). (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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Rashomon and Other Stories (1915) 1,382 copies

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories (2006) 1,108 copies

Kappa (1928) 371 copies

Life of a Stupid Man (2015) 223 copies

Rashomon; A Drama in Two Acts (1959) 122 copies

Three Japanese Short Stories (Penguin Modern) (2018) 120 copies

Hell Screen (2004) 109 copies

The Beautiful and the Grotesque (1964) 104 copies

Mandarins: Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (2007) 82 copies

100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2 (2020) — Contributor — 72 copies

In a Grove [short story] (2010) 65 copies

Japanese Short Stories (1961) 65 copies

Hell Screen / Cogwheels / A Fools Life (1918) 48 copies

Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories (Pushkin Collection) (2020) 35 copies

The Essential Akutagawa: Rashomon, Hell Screen, Cogwheels, A Fool's Life and Other Short Fiction (1999) 33 copies

A Fool's Life [short story] (1970) 28 copies

La Vie d'un Idiot, Engrenage (2011) 19 copies

The Spider Thread [short story] (2003) 18 copies

蜘蛛の糸・杜子春 (新潮文庫) (1980) 18 copies

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3 Strange Tales (Modern Japanese Classics) (2012) 14 copies

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Vida de un loco. Tres relatos (2006) 12 copies

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TuTze-Chun (1965) 10 copies

50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die Vol: 4 (2020) 10 copies

Tales Grotesque and Curious 10 copies

La Magicienne (1999) 9 copies

Racconti fantastici (1995) 9 copies

The spider's thread and other stories (1987) 9 copies

Rashomon y otros relatos históricos (2015) 9 copies

Kappa e o Levante Imaginario (2010) 8 copies

Vida de un idiota y otras confesiones (2011) 8 copies

Hell Screen and Other Stories (1948) 8 copies

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地獄変・偸盗 (新潮文庫) (1968) 7 copies

Hammasrattaat ja muita novelleja (2018) 7 copies

侏儒の言葉・西方の人 (新潮文庫) (1968) 6 copies

La vie d'un idiot et autres nouvelles (Collection UNESCO d'oeuvres representatives) (French Edition) (1987) 6 copies

Cogwheels and Other Stories (1982) 6 copies

Hell Screen [short story] 6 copies

El mago. Trece cuentos japoneses (2012) 6 copies

Disaster Movies (2005) 6 copies

Mandariinid tihnikus : valik novelle (2011) 6 copies

河童・或阿呆の一生 (新潮文庫) (1968) 5 copies

羅生門蜘蛛の糸杜子春外十八篇 (文春文庫―現代日本文学館) (1997) 5 copies

Torokko (1993) 5 copies

De folteringen van de hel en andere griezelverhalen — Author — 5 copies

Βίος και Πολιτεία ενός Ηλιθίου (2019) 5 copies

Tělo ženy a jiné povídky (2005) 5 copies

La Magicienne (2012) 5 copies

Sennin (2009) 5 copies

A hottoko álarc (1979) 5 copies

Die Fluten des Sumida: Ausgewählte Erzählungen und Prosa (2010) 4 copies

杜子春・トロッコ・魔術―芥川竜之介短編集 (講談社青い鳥文庫 (90‐1)) (1985) 4 copies

Haiku e scritti scelti 4 copies

Cuentos Breves para seguir leyendo en el bus (Spanish Edition) (2009) 4 copies

改編蜘蛛の糸・地獄変 (角川文庫) (1989) 4 copies

Kappa - Los Engranajes (2006) 4 copies

Japan : reisverhalen 4 copies

Pets (2020) 4 copies

Dragón Rashomon y otros cuentos, El (2012) 4 copies

Hammasrattad : [novellid] 4 copies

La scena dell'inferno e altri racconti (1915-1920) (2015) 4 copies

უსიერ ტყეში 3 copies

Dialoge in der Dunkelheit. Späte Prosa und Erzählungen (2003) 3 copies

戯作三昧・一塊の土 (新潮文庫) (1983) 3 copies

The Nose [short story] (2005) 3 copies

Cuentos japoneses (1998) 3 copies

杜子春,くもの糸 (偕成社文庫 3065) (1978) 3 copies

أوجين والخريف وقصص أخرى 3 copies

藪の中・将軍 (1969) 3 copies

Kesa y Moritô (2004) 3 copies

奉教人の死 (新潮文庫) (1968) 3 copies

トロッコ・一塊の土 (1969) 3 copies

Rashomon i druge priče (2000) 3 copies

Jambes de cheval (2013) 3 copies

In Dreams: The Very Short Stories Of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (2023) 3 copies

A vihar kapujában novellák 2 copies

La ruota dentata e altri racconti (2016) 2 copies

Rasomon ve Diger Öyküler (2021) 2 copies

Sotto il segno del drago (2021) 2 copies

羅生門・鼻・芋粥 (角川文庫) (2007) 2 copies

El Biombo del Infierno (Akutagawa nº 1) (Spanish Edition) (2014) 2 copies

Akutagawa Ryunosuke Short Story Selection vol.1 [mikan 1] (in Japanese) (2009) 2 copies

Koła zębate (2019) 2 copies

Hōkyōnin no Shi 2 copies

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Rashomon ausgewählte Kurzprosa 2 copies

Japanische Novellen (1966) 2 copies

Rasomon ve Diger Oykuler (2010) 2 copies

Kappa e altri racconti 2 copies

Rashoumon and In a Grove (with linked TOC) (2010) 2 copies

Rasiomono vartai: novelės 2 copies

En el bosque (2004) 2 copies

Three Japanese Short Stories (Penguin Modern) 2 copies

蜘蛛の糸 (日本の童話名作選) (1994) 2 copies

羅生門・鼻・芋粥・偸盗 (2002) 2 copies

Vorota Rasemon. Novelly (2008) 2 copies

杜子春・南京の基督 (角川文庫) (1968) 2 copies

EL TABACO Y EL DIABLO.: Y OTROS RELATOS CRISTIANOS (MAESTROS DE LA LITERATURA JAPONESA) (2021) 2 copies

芥川龍之介全集全8巻 (ちくま文庫) (1994) 2 copies

Brilla un relámpago : haikus escogidos (2000) 2 copies

大導寺伸輔の半生・手巾・湖南の扇 (1990) 2 copies

羅生門・偸盗・地獄変・往生絵巻 (1971) 2 copies

枯野抄 2 copies

芥川龍之介全集第十一巻 2 copies

黄雀風 2 copies

芥川龍之介全集第十二巻 1 copy

Green Onions [short story] 1 copy

Horse Legs [short story] 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集〈2〉 1 copy

Daidōji Shinsuke: The Early Years [short story] (1925) 1 copy

The Writer's Craft [short story] 1 copy

The Baby's Sickness [short story] 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集第九巻 1 copy

Death Register [short story] 1 copy

Spinning Gears [short story] 1 copy

The Story of a Head That Fell Off [short story] 1 copy

Loyalty [short story] 1 copy

少年・大道寺信輔の半生 1 copy

Vorota Rasemon (2007) 1 copy

In a Grove illustrated 1 copy

O-Gin [short story] 1 copy

Dr. Ogata Ryosai: Memorandum [short story] 1 copy

Dragon: The Old Potter's Tale [short story] 1 copy

momotaro 1 copy

Dvadtsat chetyre s polovinoy novelly (2017) 1 copy

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Cuộc đời một kẻ ngốc 1 copy

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芥川龍之介全集第四巻 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集第七巻 1 copy

Rashomon y otros cuentos.-- ( Biblioteca Básica Universal ; 14 ) (1989) 1 copy

Chrysanthemen-Ball 1 copy

Ρασομίν και άλλες ιστορίες 1 copy

RASHOMON ET AUTRES CONTES / NOTICE, NOTES ET TRADUCTION DE ARIMASA MORI. (1965) 1 copy

Caja de marionetas 1 copy

Hammasrattad 1 copy

Akutagawa Ryunosuke ha kore dake yome (2013) 1 copy

The Spider's Thread / Tu Tze-chun 1 copy

罗生门 1 copy

Новеллы. Эссе. Миниатюры 1 copy

Паутинка Новеллы : [Пер. с яп.] 1 copy

Слова пигмея [Рассказы. Воспоминания. Эссе. Письма : Пер. с яп.] (1992) 1 copy

藪の中 (講談社文庫) (2009) 1 copy

El biombo del infierno (2023) 1 copy

Ворота Расёмон : Новеллы : [Пер. с яп.] (2001) 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集第六巻 1 copy

Новеллы 1 copy

Relatos de gatos 1 copy

羅生門／鼻 1 copy

羅生門 (2009) 1 copy

戯作三昧 ; 一塊の土　（新潮文庫, 草-25-E ; 1809） 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集第一巻 1 copy

The Little Black Classics Life of a Stupid Man by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (2015-06-30) Paperback 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集第二巻 1 copy

Maymun ve Yengec Savaslari 1 copy

Raşomon 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集第三巻 1 copy

Akutagawa Ryûnosuke. Rashômon et autres contes : EAkutagawa Ryûnosuke sakuhin-shue. Notice, notes et… 1 copy

羅生門 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集第五巻 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集　３７８作品合本版 [Akutagawa Ryūnosuke zenshū 378 sakuhin gappon-ban] 1 copy

Kumo no ito, Jigoku hen (蜘蛛の糸・地獄変) 1 copy

Rashomon e Outros Contos 1 copy

羅生門・鼻・侏儒の言葉 (1965年) (旺文社文庫) 1 copy

Rashomon. Zehn Novellen. Dt. von Jürgen Berndt. (1966) 1 copy

杜子春 (洋販ラダーシリーズ) (2005) 1 copy

薮の中 (洋販ラダーシリーズ) (2005) 1 copy

El biombo del infierno y otros cuentos (1959) 1 copy

芥川龍之介 (1991) 1 copy

TRINH TIET 1 copy

River Baby. A Dwarf's Warning. 河童。侏儒警语 1 copy

改編羅生門・鼻・苧粥 (角川文庫) (1989) 1 copy

Cehennem Manzarası 1 copy

大東京繁昌記 (下町篇) (平凡社ライブラリー (273)) (1998) 1 copy

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芥川龍之介全集〈1〉 (ちくま文庫) (1986) 1 copy

舞踏会・蜜柑 (角川文庫) (1968) 1 copy

偸盗・戯作三昧 (1968年) (角川文庫) (1968) 1 copy

羅生門・鼻・芋粥 (1968年) (角川文庫) (1968) 1 copy

河童・玄鶴山房―他三十四篇 (1974年) (角川文庫) (1958) 1 copy

Az éneklő borz : Novellák (1982) 1 copy

Nada i strah : izabrane priče (2024) 1 copy

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A Spider Thread (2012) 1 copy

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Contos Fantásticos (1900) 1 copy

悪魔 [Akuma] 1 copy

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偸盗 = tonusu 1 copy

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Microantología del microrrelato II (Narrativa) (2010) 1 copy

トロッコ・鼻 (21世紀版・少年少女日本文学館6) (2009) 1 copy

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Akutagawa Ryunoske's The three treasures 1 copy

Pakao i druge priče 1 copy

地獄変 (集英社文庫) (1991) 1 copy

イマジネーションの戦争 (コレクション　戦争×文学) (2011) 1 copy

راشومون و هفده داستان دیگر 1 copy

Ryū 1 copy

En la ceniza escribo (2015) 1 copy

Elemental, Watson!: Los mejores cuentos policiales (Spanish Edition) (2009) 1 copy

Antología de relatos japoneses 1 copy

The Christ of Nanking 1 copy

Viaţa unui prost: [povestiri] (2010) 1 copy

Mandarins + The Christ of Nanking 1 copy

Imogayu 1 copy

Kappa, Aru ahó no isshó (河童・或阿呆の一生) 1 copy

假面具 1 copy

Rashómon, Hana (羅生門・鼻) 1 copy

地獄変 [Jigoku hen] 1 copy

Dentro do Bosque 1 copy

Niesamowite opowiesci z Chin (Polish Edition) (2014) 1 copy

small collection works Maloe sobranie sochineniy (2010) 1 copy

Dialoge in der Dunkelheit: Späte Prosa und Erzählungen (2010) 1 copy

Caja de marionetas (MAESTROS DEL HAIKU) (2019) 1 copy

Belleza de lo brutal: diez cuentos (2010) 1 copy

'Autumn Mountain' 1 copy

地獄変 (ホーム社漫画文庫) (MANGA BUNGOシリーズ) (2010) 1 copy

蜘蛛�?�糸・�?��?春・トロッコ他�??七篇 (1990) 1 copy

芥川龍之介全集〈2〉 (ちくま文庫) (1986) 1 copy

羅生門杜子春 (岩波少年文庫 (509)) (2000) 1 copy

齋藤孝のイッキによめる! 名作選小学4年生 (2005) 1 copy

くもの糸 (日本児童文学名作選 12) 1 copy

蜘蛛の糸 [Kumo no ito] 1 copy

藪の中 [Yabu no naka] 1 copy

芥川龍之介の桃太郎 1 copy

芥川龍之介集 (定本限定版　現代日本文學全集 52) 1 copy

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蜜柑 (2015) 1 copy

Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Kappa 1 copy

De Draak 1 copy

Rashomon and other Stories with Furigana: (In a Grove, Nose, Spider's Thread, Hell Screen, Autumn Mountain) (Japanese… (2013) 1 copy

Ryunosuke Akutagawa Selected Works 芥川龙之介作品选 (2010) 1 copy

Rashomon. Ausgewählte Kurzprosa. - Aus dem Japanischen übersetzt,herausgegeben,mit einem Nachwort und… (1982) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Book of Fantasy (1940) — Contributor — 603 copies

Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (1983) — Contributor — 500 copies

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (2018) — Contributor — 357 copies

The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (1997) — Contributor — 229 copies

The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019) — Contributor — 166 copies

Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology (1962) — Contributor — 161 copies

Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films (2005) — Contributor — 122 copies

De tatoeëerder en andere verhalen (1980) — Contributor — 39 copies

Found in Translation (2018) — Contributor, some editions — 36 copies

Tales of the Metropolis - Kaiki: Uncanny Tales from Japan, Vol. 3 (2012) — Contributor — 21 copies

Murder in Japan: Japanese Stories of Crime and Detection (1987) — Contributor — 19 copies

Three-Dimensional Reading: Stories of Time and Space in Japanese Modernist Fiction, 1911-1932 (2013) — Contributor — 11 copies

Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan, Volume 03 (2013) — Contributor — 11 copies

Japans verhaal elf moderne Japanse verhalen (1983) — Contributor — 8 copies

Caterpillar 3/4 (1971) — Contributor — 5 copies

Ballada O Narayamie - Opowieści Niesamowite Z Prozy Japońskiej (1986) — Contributor — 4 copies

花の名随筆〈5〉五月の花 — Contributor — 1 copy

石の文学館 ――鉱物の眠り、砂の思考 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: 芥川, 龍之介
Other names: Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
Chōkōdō Shujin
Birthdate: 1892-03-01
Date of death: 1927-07-24
Burial location: Zoshigaya Cemetery, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Gender: male
Nationality: Japan
Birthplace: Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Place of death: Tokyo, Japan
Places of residence: Tokyo, Japan
Education: University of Tokyo (English Literature)
Occupations: English instructor (Yokosuka Naval Engineering School)
short-story writer
Relationships: Kikuchi, Kan (friend)

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Reviews

Kappa by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

An interesting read, I do think the introduction (although perhaps not all of it) gives some very necessary context to the story. Satire is definitely one of those genres that can get lost as time moves on and context is lost, which makes some history a necessity to actually understand where the author is trying to go and what they are doing. I do not regret this book, but I also do not find myself eager to pick it up again.

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potds1011 | 9 other reviews | Jan 29, 2024 |

Vz̕ alatti emberek by Akutagawa Ry nosuke,

"[M]élységesen bölcs metafora a társadalomról, vagy egyszerűen nonszensz" - olvastam @Kuszma értékelésében, és gyorsan kölcsön is kértem, mert mindkettőt (mindhármat) szeretem. Szerintem nem nonszensz, de nem baj. Inkább gulliveriáda ezekkel a lényekkel, saját nyelvükkel, az emberi társadalmat, művészetet, vallásokat erősen fricskázó szokásaikkal. Ha valahol kidolgozatlannak vagy csapongónak tűnik, azt írhatjuk az elbeszélő elmebetegségének (vagy a szöveg rövidségének, vagy a szerző zaklatott állapotának*) számlájára.

*Ez az egyik utolsó műve, ahogy a könyvében szereplő kappa költő, úgy Akutagava is öngyilkos lett, még abban az évben, amikor ez a szöveg megjelent.… (more)

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blueisthenewpink | 9 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |

Rashomon And 17 Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

There are several stories in this collection well worth 5 stars... and a few that are not. However, and this is a controversial decision in my own mind, the lesser stories still provide a key view into the authors.... disintegration. The last few in the collection, all published posthumously, are in fact difficult to read because of the writing... but also because the writer is clearly in a final downward spiral. It is uncomfortable because you are, essentially, reading someone's diary, and reading that they are going to kill themselves.

For that, I give an overall 5 stars, though perhaps it should be 4.… (more)

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dcunning11235 | 12 other reviews | Aug 12, 2023 |