Terry Wallwork · @terrywallwork
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Kappa | Books | Metropolis Japan
https://metropolisjapan.com/ryunosuke-akutagawas-kappa/
>In his final and hotly debated 1927 work Kappa, Akutagawa keenly discerns the ironies of his own era. Kappa is a fusion of Gulliver’s Travels and Alice in Wonderland with Japanese mythology.
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Terry Wallwork · @terrywallwork
289 followers · 3812 posts · Server mstdn.jpRyunosuke Akutagawa’s Kappa | Books | Metropolis Japan
https://metropolisjapan.com/ryunosuke-akutagawas-kappa/
>In his final and hotly debated 1927 work Kappa, Akutagawa keenly discerns the ironies of his own era. Kappa is a fusion of Gulliver’s Travels and Alice in Wonderland with Japanese mythology.
#Japan #JapaneseCulture #Kappa #JapaneseBook #Book #Literature #JapaneseLiterature #RyunosukeAkutagawa #河童
#河童 #ryunosukeakutagawa #japaneseliterature #literature #book #JapaneseBook #kappa #japaneseculture #japan
Terry Wallwork · @terrywallwork
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‘Japanese Yokai and Other Supernatural Beings’: Ghosts and ghouls in all their macabre glory | The Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/05/07/books/book-reviews/japanese-yokai/
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