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開化の殺人Civilized Murder
Kaika no Satsujin
by 芥川 竜之介 · Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
A murder that challenges the boundaries of civilization itself.
About this story
A narrator recounts obtaining the suicide note of Dr. Kitabatake, a prominent physician and theater enthusiast from the early Meiji period. The note reveals details of a mysterious murder that challenges the emerging modern society, intertwining personal tragedy with the clash between tradition and enlightenment.
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Source
This text comes from Aozora Bunko (青空文庫), the volunteer-run library of Japanese writing that is out of copyright. See this work on Aozora Bunko
Base edition (底本): 「現代日本文学大系43芥川龍之介集」筑摩書房
1968(昭和43)年8月25日初版第1刷発行
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