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    Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, 1 March 1892 – 24 July 1927), art name Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人), was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō...
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    The Akutagawa Prize (芥川龍之介賞, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke Shō) is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention...
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  • short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa based on a thirteenth-century Japanese tale from the Uji Shūi Monogatari. "The Nose" was Akutagawa's second short story...
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  • Hell Screen (category Short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
    and 17 Other Stories. By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. New York: Penguin Group, 2006. xi–xvii. Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke. Akutagawa Ryūnosuke zenshū. Ed. Toshirō Kōno...
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    Yasushi Akutagawa (芥川 也寸志, Akutagawa Yasushi, July 12, 1925 – January 31, 1989) was a Japanese composer and conductor. His father was Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Akutagawa...
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  • organizations. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke) Voiced by: Kensho Ono (Japanese); Brian Beacock (English) Named after Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. A 20-year-old...
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  • as: (龍之介) Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介, 1892–1927), Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Endō [ja] (遠藤 龍之介, born 1956), Japanese businessperson Ryunosuke Kingetsu...
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  • Cogwheel diagram, a type of Venn diagram Cogwheels, a 1927 book by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Cog (disambiguation) Rack railway, or rack-and-pinion railway, cog...
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  • Akutagawa (written: 芥川) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介, 1892–1927), Japanese poet and writer...
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    Shikkaku), are considered modern-day classics. His influences include Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murasaki Shikibu and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. While Dazai continues to...
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    was acknowledged by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Franz Kafka, Mikhail Bulgakov, Vladimir Nabokov, Flannery O'Connor...
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    All Out!! – Ōharano Etsugo Bungo Stray Dogs – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Bungo Stray Dogs 2 – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Endride – Asanaga Shun Luck & Logic – Tsurugi...
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  • The Spider's Thread (category Short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
    The Spider's Thread (蜘蛛の糸, Kumo no Ito) is a 1918 short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, first published in the children's magazine Akai Tori. Shakyamuni...
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  • Rashōmon (short story) (category Short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
    Rashōmon (羅生門) is a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa based on tales from the Konjaku Monogatarishū. The story was first published in 1915 in Teikoku...
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    Rashomon (category Films based on works by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
    upon Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short story "In a Grove", with the title and framing story being based on "Rashōmon", another short story by Akutagawa. Every...
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  • In a Grove (category Short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
    also translated as In a Bamboo Grove, is a Japanese short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa first published in 1922. It was ranked as one of the "10 best Asian...
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    Akira Kurosawa and Nagisa Ōshima. Hiroshi Akutagawa was born in Tokyo as the son of writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. A graduate in French literature from Keio...
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    adopting and adapting Western literary conventions and techniques. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is known especially for his historical short stories. Ozaki Kōyō...
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  • individuals with Supernatural Abilities. Atsushi becomes the target of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, who is a member of the criminal organization run by Ōgai Mori known...
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  • Mafia, Dazai tells his former underling Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that Atsushi is superior to him, angering Akutagawa. However, the relationship turns into an...
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  • Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale (category Short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
    by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. It was first published in a 1919 collection of Akutagawa short stories, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke zenshū (芥川龍之介全集). The...
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  • of betrayal towards his childhood friend. The Spider's Thread, by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (episode 11): Kandata, a cruel and evil bandit, is executed and lands...
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  • stage productions, all ultimately derived from works by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's two short stories "Rashomon" (1915), also known as "The...
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    kappa Kijimuna, a spirit creature from Okinawa Kappa, a novel by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Mintuci, a water spirit from Ainu mythology Neck, a shapeshifting...
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  • his rival Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Igarashi showed the characters in silhouette in front of a red background. His relationship with Akutagawa was compared...
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  • "Rashomon", which is based on the Japanese short story In a Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Released in Thailand on September 11, 2011, the film stars Mario...
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    Kappa (novella) (category Novels by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
    Hepburn: Kappa) is a 1927 novella written by the Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. The story is narrated by a psychiatric patient who claims to have...
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    were significant novelists in the early 20th century, followed by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Kafū Nagai and, more recently, Haruki Murakami...
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  • Sae-ah Yoshihide, the protagonist of the short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 5 Meursault Kwon Sung-hyuk Main character of the novella The Stranger...
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    have largely been replaced by other substances. Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa deliberately overdosed on the drug in 1927, as did Un Chien Andalou...
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