AKUTAGAWA, RYUNOSUKE

ryoonôˈsookĕˌ äkooˈtäˈgäˈwä, pseud. of Chōkōdō Shujinchōkōˈdō shooˈjĭn, 1892–1927, Japanese author. One of Japan's finest short-story writers, he derived many of his tales from historical Japanese sources, but told them with psychological insights in an individualistic style. "Rashomon"(1915) and "In a Grove" (1921) were made into the classic 1950 film Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa. His later writings, largely autobiographical fiction, were not successful, and this lack of popular response may have contributed to his suicide.

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books on: Akutagawa Ryunosuke  - 88 results

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Rashomon: And Other Stories
Book by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Takashi Kojima; Liveright, 1970
Subjects: Fiction
...RASHOMON RASHOMON AND OTHER STORIES BY Ryunosuke Akutagawa TRANSLATED BY TAKASHI KOJIMA INTRODUCTION...TO SKETCH THE background and temperament of Akutagawa Ryunosuke is to risk a melancholy cliche. He was brilliant...
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Topographies of Japanese Modernism
Book by Seiji M. Lippit; Columbia University Press, 2002
Subjects: Japanese Fiction--Showa Period, 1926-1989--History And Criticism, Japanese Fiction--Taisho Period, 1912-1926--History And Criticism, Modernism (Literature)--Japan
...Mechanisms of Subjectivity: Akutagawa Ryunosuke's Last Writings 37...Machinery of the Modern: Akutagawa Ryunosuke's Late Writings in the...specific set of writings, by Akutagawa Ryunosuke 1892 1927 , Yokomitsu Riichi...
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The Literature of Travel in the Japanese Rediscovery of China, 1862-1945
Book by Joshua A. Fogel; Stanford University, 1996
Subjects: China--Description And Travel, Travelers' Writings, Japanese--History And Criticism, Travelers--China--History
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Narrating the Self: Fictions of Japanese Modernity
Book by Tomi Suzuki; Stanford University, 1996
Subjects: Autobiographical fiction, Japanese--History and criticism, Japanese fiction--1868---History and criticism, Literature, Comparative--Japanese and Western, Literature, Comparative--Western and Japanese, Shiga, Naoya--1883-1971--Criticism and interpretation, Tanizaki, Junichiro--1886-1965--Criticism and interpretation
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Origins of Modern Japanese Literature
Book by Karatani Kōjin, Brett De Bary; Duke University Press, 1993
Subjects: Japanese Literature--Meiji Period, 1868-1912--History And Criticism
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journal articles on: Akutagawa Ryunosuke  - 13 results

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Familiarity of the Strange: Japan's Gothic Tradition
Journal article by Henry J. Hughes; Criticism, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Gothic literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Japanese literature--History, Kyoka, Izumi--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...1734-1809), Izumi Kyoka (1873-1939), Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927), and Mishima Yukio (1925-70...Tokyo: Chuo Koron Sha, 1969) and "Akutagawa Ryunosuke ni Tsuite," in Hiyo to Kenkyu: Akutagawa Ryunosuke (Tokyo: Haga Shoten, 1972). (50...
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Books Received
Journal article; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 24, 2004
...Desire. Coffee House, 2004. Paper: $14.00. (F) Ahlman, Larry. Mittens at Sea. Kodiak, 2004. Paper: $14.95. (F) Akutagawa, Ryunosuke. Kappa. Trans. Geoffrey Bownas. Intro. G. H. Healy. Peter Owen/Dufour, 2004. Paper: $19.95. (F) Albert, Stew...
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In a Thicket
Journal article by Tim Medlock; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 24, 2007
Subjects: In a Thicket (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...Mansai from the short story by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. English subtitles by Jonah...and inspiring. He decided on Akutagawa Ryunosukes 1922 short story of rape...apparent in the characters of Akutagawas story, as all attempt to present...
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Japanese Utopian Literature from the 1870s to the Present and the Influence of Western Utopianism(*)
Journal article by Yoriko Moichi; Utopian Studies, Vol. 10, 1999
Subjects: Japanese literature--20th century, Utopias in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...We can see this tendency in a short novel of Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Akutagawa, the first Japanese author who "appreciated...Saunders. 1959. Tokyo: C.E. Tuttle, 1970. Akutagawa, Ryunosuke. Kappa: A Novel Trans. Geoffrey Bownas. 1927...
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The Metamorphosis of the Kappa: Transformation of Folklore to Folklorism in Japan
Journal article by Michael Dylan Foster; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 56, 1998
Subjects: Folklore--Japan, Gods--Folklore, legends, etc., Japan--Folklore, legends, etc., Mythology--Japan
...first wave came after the publication in 1927 of Akutagawa Ryunosukes short novel, Kappa. The work, important as a social...for example, ANTONI 1991. REFERENCES CITED AKUTAGAWA Ryunosuke 1996 Kappa. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. ANDO Misao...
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magazine articles on: Akutagawa Ryunosuke  - 7 results

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Echo of an Earthquake: Haruki Murakami's Enigmatic Stories of Super-Frogs and Lost Souls Live an Alternate Life in the Theatre
Magazine article by Jay Rubin; American Theatre, Vol. 23, February 2006
Subjects: After the Quake (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...at Harvard and author of Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words, translated Murakamis Norwegian Wood, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and after the quake. His translation of 18 stories by Akutagawa Ryunosuke will appear as a Penguin Classic in 2006.
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Past Present
Magazine article by Gwyneth Cravens; The Nation, Vol. 249, November 13, 1989
Subjects: Broch, Hermann--Criticism and interpretation, Pessoa, Fernando--Criticism and interpretation, Publishing industry--International aspects, Rare books--Criticism and interpretation, University presses--International aspects
...Musils Posthumous Papers, Eridanos printed titles by Raymond Radiguet, Luigi Pirandello, Ramon del Valle-Inclan and Ryunosuke Akutagawa. A dozen or so other conscientious publishers manage to survive by producing reprints of high quality, and well...
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Who Wants a Color-Coordinated, Cross-Cultural Core Curriculum?
Magazine article by William J. Reeves; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 121, March 1993
Subjects: Curriculum development--Social aspects, Curriculum planning--Social aspects, Interdisciplinary approach (Education)--Evaluation, Interdisciplinary approach in education--Evaluation
...narratives to present a story also is developed by Ryunosuke Akutagawas "Rashomon," written in the 1920s, but telling a timeless...literary technique of point of view. In his story, Akutagawa uses six narrators to describe a murder. Each speaker...
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Season Preview 2005-06: A Comprehensive Listing of Productions. Dates and Directors at TCG Theatres Nationwide
Magazine article by Eve Zappulla; American Theatre, Vol. 22, October 2005
Subjects: Drama--Calendars, Drama--Planning, Drama--Rankings, Plays--Calendars, Plays--Planning, Plays--Rankings, Theatre Communications Group--Calendars, Theatre Communications Group--Planning
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Bookstore to Box Office
Magazine article by Adam Langer, Marla Abramson, Jennifer Clarson, Rachel Schiller; Book, September 2001
Subjects: Film adaptations--Evaluation
...Rashomon (1950) Ryunosuke Akutagawa Rear Window (1954...
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newspaper articles on: Akutagawa Ryunosuke  - 2 results

 
 
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`Rashomon': The Artful Truth about Lies
Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, February 22, 1998
Subjects: Kurosawa, Akira
...two stories written by a misanthropic author - Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who committed suicide at age 35 - the weight of...and Mr. Kurosawa, based on two short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. In Japanese with English subtitles. RUNNING...
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Cities, Nova Scotia, Central Asia, Kurds
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 4, 2004
...intelligence if you cannot discover a useful melancholy?" Mr. Norman asks at the end, quoting Japanese author Ryunosuke Akutagawa. And the authors final words: "Robert Franks landscape photographs instill in me a melancholy useful because it...


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encyclopedia articles on: Akutagawa Ryunosuke  - 3 results

 
 
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Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
AKUTAGAWA, RYUNOSUKE ryoono sooke akoo ta ga wa, pseud. of Chokodo Shujin choko do shoo jin, 1892 1927, Japanese author. One of Japans finest short-story...
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Chokodo Shujin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
CHOKODO SHUJIN see Akutagawa, Ryunosuke . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Japanese Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...proletarian novels. Natsume Soseki and Mori Ogai were two major figures of early-20th-century fiction. Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892 1927) is known for his unusual stories based in part on earlier tale literature and folklore. Japanese...


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