Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Chōkōdō Shujin

Born March 1, 1892· Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Japan

† Died July 24, 1927

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Emerging from a Tokyo household that blended commercial ambition with artistic appreciation, he entered the First Higher School on merit and later studied English literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where his early fascination with classical Chinese texts and modern Japanese writers shaped his literary voice. Launching his career by reviving the journal Shinshichō and publishing the short sto… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources