Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927) was one of the most famous Japanese writers of the last century and was the author of Rashomon and other works. The Akutagawa Prize is named in his honor.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927) was one of the most famous Japanese writers of the last century and was the author of Rashomon and other works. The Akutagawa Prize is named in his honor.

Books by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

  • Rashomon and Other Stories

    Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Takashi Kojima, M. Kuwata, Howard Hibbett

    Paperback, 2000

    This fascinating collection gave birth to a new paradigm when Akira Kurosawa made famous Akutagawa's disturbing tale of seven people recounting the same incident from shockingly different...
  • Kappa

    Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, Allison Markin Powell

    Paperback, 2023

    Akutagawa’s magical final work is a short novel with a magic spell all its own—poignant, fantastical, wry, melancholic and witty
  • Kappa

    Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, Allison Markin Powell

    E Book

    Akutagawa’s magical final work is a short novel with a magic spell all its own—poignant, fantastical, wry, melancholic and witty