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In Ryonosuke's story "Cogwheels" (sometimes translated as "Spinning Gears") what does the yellow plaster signify?
Partway through the story, the protagonist is speaking with a friend. And he stops mid sentence:
I broke off mid-sentence, as I studied the reflection of his back in
the mirror. There was a yellow ...
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Was Akutagawa's Shōgun ("The General") ever censored in Japan? If so, how?
I know books which criticize the military were censored in Japan during the interwar period.
I'm wondering if this specific story was censored, and if so, roughly when/for how long? Also, what did the ...
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What is the meaning of Akutagawa's reference to a centaur?
The following is an excerpt of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's novel The life of a fool:
He read a book by Anatole France, his head propped up by a pillow of skepticism exuding a rosy fragrance; the presence ...
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Does 'In a Grove' assume that dead people don't lie?
'In a Grove' is one of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's best-known short stories, partly due to Kurosawa's film Rashomon.
In this short story, we get several accounts of the death of samurai Kanazawa no Takehiro....
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