Ryunosuke Akutagawa

nd gold or silver-foiled wood piled up on the side of the road and sold as kindling. Needless to say, with the capital in this condition, there was no one to

A single sword-stroke had pierced the breast.

bamboo-blades had been trampled down all around.

human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Then Tajomaru must be the murderer.

the same you've killed them.

least I could satisfy my desire for her without taking her husband's life.

furious desire to kill him seized me

It's hard to say who is a greater sinner, you or me.

Little did I expect that he would meet such a fate. Truly human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning