Later in this story, the narrator saves a girl from getting raped by an unknown assailant after her pet drags him to her room.
The narrator of this story likens an insufficient comparison to "the blind man's description of the elephant." Later in this story, the narrator saves a girl from getting raped by an unknown assailant after her pet drags him to her room. A character in this story asks his apprentice to strip naked and chain himself to a chair, but grudgingly unchains him after he is attacked by a black snake. An artwork described in this story includes an image of an ox-carriage falling towards a group of sword-like trees as its passenger, a beautiful woman, is (*) burned alive. This short story ends with the protagonist hanging himself out of guilt for his daughter's death. In this story, a pet monkey belonging to that daughter, Yuzuki, dies with her after the Grand Lord of Horikawa grants her court-painter father's request to sketch a burning carriage for the title horrifying artwork. For 10 points, name this Akutagawa story in which Yoshihide paints a depiction of the Buddhist underworld.
The narrator of this story likens an insufficient comparison to "the blind man's description of the elephant."
"Hell Screen" [or "Jigokuhen"]