His most acclaimed work consists of seven conflicting descriptions of the murder of a samurai.
This author's career began by translating Yeats and publishing original works in a journal called "New Currents of Thought." One of his final works was a satire about a "Kappa," or "water imp." In 1918 he published "The Spider's Thread" and "Hell Screen". His most acclaimed work consists of seven conflicting descriptions of the murder of a samurai. Akira Kurosawa would later direct a film based on that story, "In a Grove," but titled after this man's first major work, in which a starving man steals a woman's kimono. For ten points, identify this namesake of Japan's greatest literary prize for young short story writers, a writer best known for "Rashomon."
This author's career began by translating Yeats and publishing original works in a journal called "New Currents of Thought.
{Akutagawa} Ryunosuke