For 10 points, name this country, source of Rashomon and a work about Takashi and Mitsusaburo ["Mitt"-"sue"-sa-boo-row],
In one novel from this country, the protagonist looks in the countryside for a sheep with a black star on its back which is possessed by an evil spirit. An old woman makes wigs out of hair taken from dead people in one short story from this country, the source of The Wild Sheep Chase. Another novel from this country describes a man(*) painting his face red before hanging himself. For 10 points, name this country, source of Rashomon and a work about Takashi and Mitsusaburo ["Mitt"-"sue"-sa-boo-row], The Silent Cry, by Ryunosuke [ree-"YOU"-"no"-"sue"-"kay"] Akutagawa ["Ah"-coo-ta-gah-wa"], Haruki Murakami, and Kenzaburo Oe.
In one novel from this country, the protagonist looks in the countryside for a sheep with a black star on its back which is possessed by an evil spirit.
{Japan} [or {Nippon}]