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Rashomon: And Other Stories
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
 
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Rashomon: And OtherStories...........................................................................................................................1
Ryunosuke Akutagawa............................................................................................................................1PREFACE................................................................................................................................................1INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................2RASHOMON AND OTHER STORIES..............................................................................................................3IN A GROVE...........................................................................................................................................3THE TESTIMONY OF A WOODCUTTERQUESTIONED BY A HIGH POLICECOMMISSIONER..................................................................................................................................3THE TESTIMONY OF A TRAVELING BUDDHIST PRIEST QUESTIONED BY A HIGHPOLICE COMMISSIONER...................................................................................................................3THE TESTIMONY OF A POLICEMAN QUESTIONED BY A HIGH POLICECOMMISSIONER..................................................................................................................................4THE TESTIMONY OF AN OLD WOMAN QUESTIONED BY A HIGH POLICECOMMISSIONER..................................................................................................................................4THE CONFESSION OFA WOMAN WHO HAS COME TO THE SHIMIZU TEMPLE....................6THE STORY OF THE MURDERED MAN, AS TOLD THROUGH A MEDIUM..............................7YAM GRUEL.....................................................................................................................................................11THE MARTYR...................................................................................................................................................19POSTSCRIPT........................................................................................................................................24KESA AND MORITO........................................................................................................................................25PART I...................................................................................................................................................25MORITO'S MONOLOGUE..................................................................................................................25PART II..................................................................................................................................................27KESA'S MONOLOGUE.......................................................................................................................27THE DRAGON...................................................................................................................................................28
Rashomon: And Other Storiesi
 
Rashomon: And Other Stories
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
This page formatted 2005 Blackmask Online.http://www.blackmask.comPREFACE
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INTRODUCTION
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RASHOMON AND OTHER STORIES
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IN A GROVE
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THE TESTIMONY OF A WOODCUTTERQUESTIONED BY A HIGH POLICECOMMISSIONER
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THE TESTIMONY OF A TRAVELING BUDDHIST PRIEST QUESTIONED BY A HIGHPOLICE COMMISSIONER
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THE TESTIMONY OF A POLICEMAN QUESTIONED BY A HIGH POLICE COMMISSIONER
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THE TESTIMONY OF AN OLD WOMAN QUESTIONED BY A HIGH POLICECOMMISSIONER
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THE CONFESSION OFA WOMAN WHO HAS COME TO THE SHIMIZU TEMPLE
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THE STORY OF THE MURDERED MAN, AS TOLD THROUGH A MEDIUM
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YAM GRUEL
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THE MARTYR
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POSTSCRIPT
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KESA AND MORITO
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PART I
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MORITO'S MONOLOGUE
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PART II
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KESA'S MONOLOGUE
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THE DRAGON
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PREFACE
THE SIX STORIES of this collection were chosen with the aim of presenting Akutagawa's finest and mostrepresentative writings. Only one of them (
 Rashomon
) has appeared in an earlier translation.I wish to express my thanks to the following persons, for their kind assistance, and for their many valuablesuggestions and criticisms: Mr. C. G. Wells, Chief Writer of the Far East Network; Mr. Walter E. Morgan,Chief of the School Administration and Finance Branch, CIE, SCAP; Mr. Harold Gosling and Mr. JohnRockard, correspondents of the British Commonwealth Public Relations; Mr. Richard B. Farnsworth,formerly of CIE, SCAP; and Lieutenant D. L. Donohugh, formerly of the Press Advisory Division, SCAP.TAKASHI KOJIMA
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