Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories Summary
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories Summary

Daidoji Shinsukeappears in Daidoji Shinsuke: The Early Years

Shinsuke is widely acknowledged as a thinly-veiled persona for author Akutagawa himself. Shinsuke grew up in Honjo, a poor and run-down district in Tokyo, and the boy comes to like the area more than richer areas. A formative event for Shinsuke occurs when he and his father go to a much-frequented bank on a river, and they discover a dead body floating in the water. This...

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