In one story by this author, the umbrella-maker's daughter accuses a character taken in by Simeon, the saintly Lorenzo, of being the illicit father of a bastard child, but Lorenzo dies in a fire and is discovered to be a woman. In another story by this man, thousands of other sinners attempt to follow Kandata, who is using the title object to escape from Hell. In addition to "The (*) Martyr" and "The Spider's Thread," he wrote about Goi, who receives a ludicrous amount of his favorite food in "Y
In one story by this author, the umbrella-maker's daughter accuses a character taken in by Simeon, the saintly Lorenzo, of being the illicit father of a bastard child, but Lorenzo dies in a fire and is discovered to be a woman. In another story by this man, thousands of other sinners attempt to follow Kandata, who is using the title object to escape from Hell. In addition to "The (*) Martyr" and "The Spider's Thread," he wrote about Goi, who receives a ludicrous amount of his favorite food in "Yam Gruel," and about a woman who steals hair from the dead to make wigs at the titular gate in Kyoto. For 10 points, name this author of "Rashomon" and "In a Grove."
In one story by this author, the umbrella-maker's daughter accuses a character taken in by Simeon, the saintly Lorenzo, of being the illicit father of a bastard child, but Lorenzo dies in a fire and is discovered to be a woman.
Ryunosuke {Akutagawa} [or Ryunosuke {Niihara}; accept either answer in reversed order]