Gate Rasomon and other stories. Level 1. Rashōmon. Akutagawa R.

Runo Akutagawa (1892-1927)-a writer who is considered one of the most significant authors of Japanese literature of the 20th century.

The collection includes the stories that brought Akutagawa world glory (for example, “Rasomon Gate”, which served The basis for the script of the Oscar-winning film Kurosawa, and the “cobweb”, adapted in the form of the anime anthology “Classical Stories”), and the stories that are little-known to the Western reader, carrying the features of national identity.

adaptation of stories, translation, translation, translation, translation Culturological comments, compilation of exercises and dictionary are made by the associate professor of the Department of Japanese Philology of the Institute of Asia and Africa, Moscow State University Natalya Krnet.

The publication will suit everyone who begins to learn Japanese and seeks to read in Japanese.