21. The Japan Project - Japanese Culture RASHMON AND OTHER STORIES (1915) (Original Story written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke) Gina Barresi Great Neck North High School, New York http://www.globaled.org/japanproject/lessons/lesson06_1.php

RASHMON AND OTHER STORIES (1915) (Original Story written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke) Gina Barresi Great Neck North High School, New York Type of work: Short story Grade levels: This work is suitable for all grade levels, although it would work better with 11th and 12th graders because it is a highly conceptual piece. It can be used in literature, psychology, and social studies classes, as Akutagawa leaves the reader to struggle to understand the motivations of the characters. Summary: Rashomon and Other Stories contain six brief and highly readable stories. "In a Grove" presents a crime from five perspectives. "Rashomon" is an eerie tale of a desperate old woman surviving by pilfering the hair of corpses. "Yam Gruel" has pathetic central character whose single ambition is to eat his fill of yam gruel. "The Martyr" tells a tale of virtue and renunciation." Mesa and Merritt" deals with questions of perception, infatuation and love. "The Dragon" questions the reliability of memory. For this lesson, however, I have provided questions and suggestions on his two most popular tales: "Rashomon" and "In a Grove." Bibliography and filmography:

22. Ryunosuke Akutagawa Biography | BookRags.com Critical Essay by Glenn W. Shaw SOURCE Introduction to Tales Grotesque and Curious by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, translated by Glenn W. S more http://www.bookrags.com/biography/ryunosuke-akutagawa/

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24. Akutagawa, Ryunosuke Definition Of Akutagawa, Ryunosuke In The Free Online Encyc Akutagawa, Ryunosuke (ry n `s kĕ' k `t `g `w ), pseud. of Chōkōdō Shujin (chōkō`dō sh `jĭn), 1892–1927, Japanese author. One of Japan's finest shortstory writers, he http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Akutagawa, Ryunosuke

25. Akutagawa Ryunosuke: Free Encyclopedia Articles At Questia.com Online Library Research Akutagawa Ryunosuke and other related topics by using the free encyclopedia at the Questia.com online library. http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/101228170

26. Akutagawa Ryunosuke - Factbites Ryunosuke Akutagawa Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, March 1, 1892 - July 24, 1927) was a Japanese poet and http://www.factbites.com/topics/Akutagawa-Ryunosuke

27. Akutagawa Ryunosuke Criticism Akutagawa Ryunosuke Criticism and Essays Akutagawa Ryunosuke 1892–1927 (Born Niihara Ryunosuke) Japanese short story writer, novelist, poet, translator, and critic. http://www.enotes.com/short-story-criticism/ryunosuke-akutagawa

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29. Akutagawa Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Ryunosuke (芥川 龍之介 or 芥川竜之介, March 1, 1892 July 24, 1927) was a Japanese writer. Akutagawa wrote no full-length novels, focusing instead on the http://www.centipedia.com/articles/Ryunosuke_Akutagawa

Akutagawa Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Ryunosuke March 1 July 24 ) was a Japanese writer 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 Rashomon ) based on Akutagawa's stories; the majority of the action in the film was actually an adaptation of In a Grove Akutagawa was born in Tokyo , the son of a milkman (Toshizoo Niihara). His mother (Fuku Niihara) was insane, so he was adopted and raised by his maternal uncle, from which he got the family name. He began writing after entering Tokyo Imperial University in , where he studied English Literature. He supported himself by teaching English and editing a newspaper . At that time he published his short story Rashomon ), 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.

30. Akutagawa, Ryunosuke A set photograph of 1919. The second from the left is Ryunosuke Akutagawa. At the far left is Kan Kikuchi. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ryunosuke_Akutagawa

Akutagawa, Ryunosuke From New World Encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Previous (Ryokan) Next (Ryōtarō Shiba) A set photograph of 1919. The second from the left is Ryunosuke Akutagawa. At the far left is Kan Kikuchi. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, March 1, 1892 - July 24, 1927) was a prolific Japanese writer and poet, noted for his stylistic virtuosity, and is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story." 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. Akutagawa was known for taking trivial objects or events and enlarging on their significance to create a moral lesson or a comment on humanity. The Akutagawa Prize, established in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan in memory of Akutagawa, is Japan’s most prestigious literary award. The winner receives a pocket watch and a cash award of one million yen (about US $10,000). 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

31. Rashomon - Akutagawa Ryunosuke A review, and links to other information about and reviews of Rashomon by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/akutagawa/rashomon.htm

A Literary Saloon Site of Review. Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. Contents: Main the Best the ... Links to e-mail us: support the site buy us books ! Amazon wishlist the complete review - fiction Rashomon by Akutagawa Ryunosuke general information review summaries our review links ... about the author Title: Rashomon Author: Akutagawa Ryunosuke Genre: Stories Written: (Eng. 2006) Length: 262 pages Original in: Japanese Availability: Rashomon - US Rashomon - UK Rashomon - Canada and Seventeen other Stories Translated by Jay Rubin Introfuction by Murakami Haruki - Return to top of the page - Our Assessment: B+ : a good dose of both familiar and new Akutagawa stories, and very useful supporting material See our review for fuller assessment. Review Summaries Source Rating Date Reviewer The Japan Times Donald Richie From the Reviews "The renderings are what one expects from the exemplary translator of Natsume Soseki (fittingly, the author under whom Akutagawa studied). And an unusually rich "extraliterary context" is provided. (...) Other stories in the Rubin collection, including some famous ones, read as though for the first time so bad were some prior translations, so good this one. So good that one wants more." - Donald Richie, The Japan Times

32. The Nose (short Story) - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The Nose (鼻, Hana?) is a satirical short story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke based on a thirteenth century Japanese tale from the Konjaku Monogatari. The Nose was Akutagawa’s second http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nose_(short_story)

The Nose (short story) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search "The Nose" Author Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Original title "Hana" Translator Ivan Morris Jay Rubin Country Japan Language Japanese Genre(s) Short story Published in The Tokyo Imperial University student magazine Shinshichō Media type Print ( Periodical and Paperback Publication date January 1916 Preceded by Rashōmon "The Nose" Hana is a satirical short story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke based on a thirteenth century Japanese tale from the Konjaku Monogatari . "The Nose" was Akutagawa’s second short story, written not long after " Rashōmon ". It was first published in January in the Tokyo Imperial University student magazine Shinshichō and later published in other magazines and various Akutagawa anthologies . The story is mainly a commentary on vanity and religion, in a style and theme typical to Akutagawa’s work. Contents Translation Plot summary Characters Major themes ... edit Translation Multiple translators have published "The Nose" in English, the most recent by Jay Rubin and published by Penguin Group edit Plot summary Zenchi Naigu, a

33. Akutagawa Ryunosuke Essay on Akutagawa Ryunosuke JAPAN'S EDGAR ALLAN POE. If you like Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, you'll probably also enjoy those of Akutagawa Ryunosuke. http://www.washburn.edu/reference/bridge24/Akutagawa.html

Published in Aim , Spring 1999 JAPAN'S EDGAR ALLAN POE If you like Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, you'll probably also enjoy those of Akutagawa Ryunosuke. As many of us consider Poe (1809-1849) our greatest short story writer, in Japan many consider Akutagawa (1892-1927) theirs. And he has a remarkable number of other things in common with Poe. In spite of what might first appear to be polar differences, even their lives were similar. Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809, and died in Baltimore, on October 7, 1849, so lived only forty yearsa short and troubled life. His parents were traveling actors, but both died before Poe was three. He was then adopted by the John Allans, who lived in England through his grade-school years. But in his teens he became alienated from his adoptive father, and was finally disinherited by him. It also seemed that, not only his mother and foster mother, but all the women closest to Poe died lingering deaths of tuberculosis. When his young wife slowly coughed out her life in his arms, it left him devastated. Struggling with such problems, Poe began to drink, and, more than once, attempted suicide. In somewhat mysterious circumstances, he was found ill and delirious on the streets of Baltimore and taken to the hospital where he diedat forty. Akutagawa Ryunosuke was born in Tokyo on March 1, 1892, so 83 years after Poeat the other end of the 19th century and in Japan, at the other end of the world. But it was a Japan that was rapidly becoming westernized, which included an increased reading interest in western writers. He, too, was adopted, because his parents were older people, and his mother was committed to a mental institution shortly after he was born. He was taken into the home of, and later adopted by, his mother's brother. He grew up suffering much the same kind of family rejection Poe had suffered. Moreover, given his mother's condition, he was always fearful about his own sanity. Finally, after several failed attempts, Akutagawa did, in fact, commit suicide, July 24, 1927, when he was only thirty-five. So he lived an even shorter, and perhaps even more tormented, life than Poe did.

34. Translations & Such: The Spider’s Thread [Akutagawa Ryunosuke] One day, the Buddha was strolling alone along the edge of a lotus pond in Paradise. The blooming lotus flowers in the pond were each pure white like jewels, and the place was http://tonygonz.blogspot.com/2006/05/spiders-thread-akutagawa-ryunosuke.html

Creative Commons licensed translations of Japanese fiction Blog Archive December One more time, one more chance [Yamazaki Masayoshi... June Down the Takase River [Mori Ogai] ... The Restaurant of Many Orders [Miyazawa Kenji] Links you might like Japanese with Tony-Sensei Aozora Bunko Japanese literature on Wikipedia Japanese text initiative at UVa ... The World of Kenji Miyazawa About Me Tony Gonzalez View my complete profile Thursday, May 11, 2006 ONE After a time, the Buddha paused at the edge of the pond and from between the lotus leaves that covered it saw a glimpse of the state of things below. Now this celestial pond just happened to lie directly over Hell, and peering through that crystal-clear water was like looking through a magnifying glass at the River of Death and the Mountain of Needles and such. TWO Kandata was floating and sinking along with the other sinners in the Lake of Blood at the bottom of Hell. It was pitch black no matter which way he looked, and the occasional glimpse of light that he would see in the darkness would turn out to be just the glint of the terrible Mountain of Needles. How lonely he must have felt! All about him was the silence of the grave, the only occasional sound being a faint sigh from one of the damned. Those who were so evil as to be sent to this place were tired by its various torments, and left without even the strength to cry out. Even the great thief Kandata could only squirm like a dying frog as he choked in the Lake of Blood. Though the thread had been fine until just then, with these words it snapped with a twang right where Kandata held it. Poor Kandata fell headfirst through the air, spinning like a top, right down through the darkness. The severed end of the silver thread hung there, suspended from heaven, shining with its pale light in that moonless, starless sky.

35. Akutagawa, Ryunosuke | Portraits Of Modern Japanese Historical Figures Portrait of Akutagawa, Ryunosuke Novelist. Born in Tokyo. He published Hana (The Nose) in 1916 while studying at the Tokyo Imperial University and the start of his http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/224.html

Akutagawa, Ryunosuke Photo no.1 : Akutagawa Ryunosuke Shu Novelist. Born in Tokyo. He published " Hana " (The Nose) in 1916 while studying at the Tokyo Imperial University and the start of his literary career was highly regarded by Soseki Natsume . After graduation, he taught English as a part-time instructor at the Naval Engineering College and published " Imogayu " (Yam Gruel) (1916), " Hokyonin no shi " (Death of a Christian) (1918), and " Rashomon " (1917), his first short story. After resigning from the Naval Engineering College in 1919, he went full-time into literary activity as a staff writer for the Osaka Mainichi Shinbun. In 1927, he committed suicide at the age of 36. He was the father of Hiroshi Akutagawa and Yasushi Akutagawa. Keywords Literary Figure

36. Akutagawa Ryunosuke@Everything2.com Akutagawa Ryunosuke (18921927) was a prominent modern Japan ese poet and author. Early on, Ryunosuke's brilliance asserted itself. He studied English at the University of Tokyo http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=994820

37. The Spider's Thread Akutagawa Ry nosuke's The Spider Thread Translation and Commentary. By Timothy M. Kelly Opening Remarks. As a university student struggling with the study of Japanese http://www.edogawa-u.ac.jp/~tmkelly/research_spider.html

Akutagawa Ryûnosuke's "The Spider Thread": Translation and Commentary By Timothy M. Kelly Opening Remarks As a university student struggling with the study of Japanese language and culture I first became acquainted with the short stories of Akutagawa Ryûnosuke. Among his many stories I am particularly fond of "The Spider's Thread." My interest in it is twofold: as a reader, my intrigue lies in the story's imagery and parable-like quality; on the other hand, as a translator this short and seemingly straightforward story has provided me with a number of interesting problems. In the years that have passed since first translating this story as a student I have occasionally tinkered with it, but for one reason or another always put it aside. The translation prepared for publication here bears a resemblance to my previous efforts, but has been greatly reworked. Although the translation may be read without them, I have appended several footnotes with the aim of justifying my choice to leave several terms in the original Japanese. In the commentary following the translation I discuss the background of "The Spider's Thread," Akutagawa's sources of inspiration, and finally, argue against what might be called the common sense or Buddhist reading of the story. I It so happens that one day the Lord Buddha is strolling alone on the shore of the lotus pond in Paradise. All the lotus blossoms blooming in the pond are globes of the whitest white and from the golden stamen in the center of each an indescribably pleasant fragrance issues forth abidingly over the adjacent area. Day is just dawning in Paradise.

38. Rashomon By Akutagawa Ryunosuke - Free EBook Free eBook Rashomon by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Turned into a film by Akira Kurosawa, now available for free at archive.org . http://manybooks.net/titles/ryunosukother05rashomon.html

Content Download Navigation Footer ... Mobile Site Go Advanced Search Authors Titles Genres ... register User ID Password reset password RSS feeds Donations Contact us ... Admin access The eBooks are FREE at manybooks.net If you paid anybody for access you should ask them for a refund. Rashomon [English Translation] Author: Akutagawa Ryunosuke Published: Language: English Wordcount: 23,870 / 66 pg LoC Category: PN Downloads: Added to site: mnybks.net#: Genre: Turned into a film by Akira Kurosawa, now available for free at archive.org Show Excerpt single desire filled my mind. This was not only lust, as you might think. At that time if I'd had no other desire than lust, I'd surely not have minded knocking her down and running away. Then I wouldn't have stained my sword with his blood. But the moment I gazed at her face in the dark grove, I decided not to leave there without killing him. But I didn't like to resort to unfair means to kill him. I untied him and told him to cross swords with me. (The rope that was found at the root of the cedar is the rope I dropped at the time.) Furious with anger, he drew his thick sword. And quick as thought, he sprang at me ferociously, without speaking a word. I needn't tell you how our fight turned out. The twenty-third stroke... please remember this. I'm impressed with this fact still. Nobody under the sun has ever clashed swords with me twenty strokes. (A cheerful smile.) When he fell, I turned toward her, lowering my blood-stained sword. But to my great astonishment she was gone. I wondered to where

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40. Akutagawa Ryunosuke Definition Of Akutagawa Ryunosuke In The Free Online Encyclo Ryunosuke, Akutagawa . Born Mar. 1, 1892, in Tokyo; died July 24, 1927. Japanese writer, student of Soseki Natsume. Ryunosuke began to be published in 1914. http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Akutagawa Ryunosuke

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