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I just finished a book of short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa<\/a>. \u00a0This Japanese author committed suicide in 1927 after writing hundreds of poems and stories. \u00a0Some of his stories are so haunting that the images will be seared into your brain forever. \u00a0Rashomon is one of these. \u00a0It is almost as if the author is an omnipotent being hovering over the scenes providing a running commentary on medieval Japanese life. \u00a0After reading this slim volume, I do have one imperative. \u00a0I must try some yam gruel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I just finished a book of short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. \u00a0This Japanese author committed suicide in 1927 after writing hundreds of poems and stories. \u00a0Some of his stories are so haunting that the images will be seared into your brain forever. \u00a0Rashomon is one of these. \u00a0It is almost as if the author is … Continue reading Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short stories<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literature","category-ryunosuke-akutagawa"],"yoast_head":"\nRyunosuke Akutagawa's short stories - Samuel Muggington's Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/?p=90\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short stories - Samuel Muggington's Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I just finished a book of short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. \u00a0This Japanese author committed suicide in 1927 after writing hundreds of poems and stories. \u00a0Some of his stories are so haunting that the images will be seared into your brain forever. \u00a0Rashomon is one of these. \u00a0It is almost as if the author is … Continue reading Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short stories →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/?p=90\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Samuel Muggington's Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-14T11:41:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"samuel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"samuel\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=90#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=90\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"samuel\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3f68c0dba23f5cde10e478cfaf84cad7\"},\"headline\":\"Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short stories\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-14T11:41:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=90\"},\"wordCount\":90,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"literature\",\"Ryunosuke Akutagawa\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=90#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=90\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=90\",\"name\":\"Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short stories - Samuel Muggington's Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-01-14T11:41:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3f68c0dba23f5cde10e478cfaf84cad7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=90#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=90\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?p=90#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short stories\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/samuelmuggington.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Samuel Muggington's Blog\",\"description\":\"Want to read more Muggington? 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