Rashōmon
By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- Release Date: 2020-11-26
- Genre: Literary Fiction
After a series of recent calamities hits the city of Kyōto, a servant seeks shelter from the rain under the deserted Rashōmon, Kyoto's southern gate. Having just been let go by his master, a samurai, he has no place to go. He contemplates becoming a thief to avoid his inevitable death, but is repulsed by this option. A pimple festers on his right cheek.
