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When first published, Kappa was perceived varyingly as a children's story, a sweeping and satirical criticism of Japanese society, and a socialistic analysis - but this important work from one of Japan's most prolific short story writers seems to defy literary classification. Written shortly before Akutagawa's suicide, as he became increasingly obsessed with his own unhappiness as well as the hallucinations and delusions that assailed him, Kappa takes place somewhere between dream and reality. Kappa is told in the first person from the perspective of an institutionalized madman, identified only as Patient No. 23. Ghost stories and the supernatural often provided inspiration for Akutagawa's writing, and Kappa draws its name from a creature in Japanese folklore known for dragging unwary children to their deaths in rivers. Kappa is a striking work from the disturbed though brilliant mind of one of Meiji-era Japan's most prominent intellectuals.
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa was born in the Irifunecho district of Tokyo in 1892. Although his father was a tradesman, he was descended on his mothers side from an ancient samurai family and it was from his mothers more prestigious family that he took his name. At the time of his birth Irifunecho was still set aside primarily for foreign residents. Blessed with an abundance of talent and ample raw material, Akutagawa began his writing career shortly after his graduation from Tokyo Imperial University. He quickly came to the fore as a leader of the new literati, and published several novels to great acclaim and some commercial success within the space of a few years. Shortly after Kappa was first published in 1927, Akutagawa committed suicide.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese
Original Language: Japanese
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- PublisherTuttle Pub
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 080483251X
- ISBN 13 9780804832519
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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