Vol. 3June 2026
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Kappa

河童

芥川竜之介 · Japanese

Patient Number 23 of a Tokyo asylum recounts his journey through the underground country of the kappa, Japan's mischievous water sprites.

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Patient Number 23 of a Tokyo asylum recounts his journey through the underground country of the kappa, Japan's mischievous water sprites. A late satire by Akutagawa Ryunosuke skewering human hypocrisy through alien eyes.

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芥川竜之介

아쿠타가와 류노스케(芥川 竜之介, 1892-1927)는 일본의 소설가입니다. 그는 짧고 강렬한 단편 소설들을 통해 인간 심리의 어두운 면과 사회 비판을 날카롭게 그려냈습니다. 대표작으로는 "귤(蜜柑)", "덤불 속(藪の中)", "라쇼몽(羅生門)" 등이 있으며, 그의 문학적 업적을 기려 일본의 권위 있는 문학상인 아쿠타가와 상이 제정되었습니다.

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