A commemoration of Akutagawa and Rashōmon

Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (芥川 龍之介, March 1, 1892 - July 24, 1927) was a Japanese poet and writer. He is also regarded as the Father of Japanese Short Stories. public domain Image: Rashomon. ... public domain Image: Rashomon. ... Rashomon (羅生門) is a Japanese motion picture made in 1950 by director Akira Kurosawa. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

Akutagawa wrote no full-length novels, focusing instead on the short story as his main medium of expression. During his short life, he wrote over 150 short stories, including The Nose, The Spider's Thread, The Hell Screen, Autumn, The Ball, In a Grove, and Kappa. Akira Kurosawa directed the film Rashōmon (1950) based on Akutagawa's stories; the majority of the action in the film was actually an adaptation of In a Grove. DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... This article is in need of attention. ... In a Grove (藪の中 Yabu no Naka) is a 1922 short tale by Akutagawa Ryunosuke that, along with the short story Rashomon, provided the plot for Akira Kurosawas movie Rashomon. ... Kappa (河童) are mythical creatures, water imps found in Japanese folklore. ... Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明 Kurosawa Akira, also é»’æ²¢ 明) (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. ... Rashomon (羅生門) is a Japanese motion picture made in 1950 by director Akira Kurosawa. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Akutagawa was born in Tokyo, the son of a milkman (Toshizoo Makino). His mother (Fuku Niihara) went insane shortly after his birth, so he was adopted and raised by his maternal uncle, from whom he got the family name. He began writing after entering Tokyo Imperial University in 1913, where he studied English Literature. He supported himself by teaching English and editing a newspaper. At that time he published his short story Rashōmon (1914), which earned him the praise and encouragement by Natsume Soseki, and started The Nose, which would be finished only a couple of years later. It was also at this time that he started writing haiku under the haigo (or pen-name) Gaki. Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Kokyo Imperial Palace. ... The Yasuda Auditorium on the University of Tokyos Hongo Campus. ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Rashōmon (羅生門) is a short story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke based on tales from the Konjaku Monogatarishū. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Natsume Soseki on the former 1000 yen note. ... Haiku (俳句) is one of the most important modes of Japanese poetry, a late 19th century revision by Masaoka Shiki of the old hokku, the opening verse of a linked verse form, haikai no renga. ...

While still a student he proposed marriage to a childhood friend, Yayoi Yoshida, but his adoptive family did not approve the union. In 1916 he became engaged to Fumi Tsukamoto, whom he married in 1918. They had three children, Hiroshi (1920), Takashi (1922) and Yasushi (1925). 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1921, at the crest of his popularity, Akutagawa interrupted his writing career to spend four months in China, as a reporter for the Osaka Mainichi Shinbun. The trip was stressful and he suffered from various ills, from which his health would never recover. Shortly after his return he published his most famous tale, In a Grove (1922). 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞, lit. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Towards the end of his life, he began suffering from visual hallucinations and nervousness. In 1927 he tried to take his own life, together with a friend of his wife Fumi, but the attempt failed. He finally committed suicide (by taking an overdose of Veronal) on July 24, 1927, saying ぼんやりとした不安 (Bon'yaritoshita fuan, meaning "dim uneasiness"). In 1935, his lifelong friend Kikuchi Kan established Japan's most prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, in his honor. A hallucination is a false sensory perception in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misperception of an external stimulus. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page concerns suicide. ... In medicine, veronal, also known as barbital, barbitone, diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid, is a barbiturate extensively used as a hypnotic. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935(MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kikuchi Kan (菊池 寛), (December 26, 1888 - March 6, 1948) was a Japanese author. ... The Akutagawa Prize (芥川龍之介賞 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Shō) is Japans most prestigious literary award. ...

Works

• 老年 (Rōnen) 1914
• 羅生門 (Rashōmon) - Rashōmon 1915
• 鼻 (Hana) - The Nose 1916
• 芋粥 (Imogayu) - Yam Gruel 1916
• 煙草と悪魔 (Tabako to Akuma) 1916
• 戯作三昧 (Gesakuzanmai) 1917
• 蜘蛛の糸 (Kumo no Ito) - The Spider’s Thread 1918
• 地獄変 (Jigokuhen) - Hell Screen 1918
• 邪宗門 (Jashūmon) 1918
• 魔術 (Majutsu) 1919
• 南京の基督 (Nankin no Kirisuto) - Christ in Nanking 1920
• 杜子春 (Toshishun) - Tu Tze-chun 1920
• アグニの神 (Aguni no Kami) 1920
• 藪の中 (Yabu no Naka) - In a Grove 1921
• トロッコ (Torokko) 1922
• 玄鶴山房 (Genkakusanbō) 1927
• 侏儒の言葉 (Shuju no Kotoba) 1927
• 文芸的な、あまりに文芸的な (Bungeiteki na, amarini Bungeiteki na) 1927
• 河童 (Kappa) - Kappa 1927
• 歯車 (Haguruma) - Cogwheel 1927
• 或る阿呆の一生 (Aru Ahō no Isshō) - A Fool's Life 1927
• 西方の人 (Seihō no Hito) - The Man of the West 1927

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See also

• Japanese literature
• List of Japanese authors

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External link

• Works by Ryunosuke Akutagawa at Project Gutenberg