Ryunosuke Akutagawa - A Japanese Genius (with a troubled soul)

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[Sachie]

Akutagawa famously said “All literatures that rise above the times have many facets that can be appreciated from multiple places, like the peaks of Lushan”. Your video brought back memories of long time ago when I was reading his stories for the first time and fascinated by them. I watched and enjoyed almost all your videos on literature. Please keep doing what you are doing. Pleasure to support. Cheers from Japan:)(sorry for poor English).

[renjiewu]

Great work! Please keep on bringing such high quality content to us!

[shelleyscloud]

Thank you for introducing me to this writer. He’s now on the ‘must check out’ list 🙏

[alkaloitongbam]

Now, I really need to read his work. Thank you so much for familiarising us with him and that too with such intense passion.❤️

[rememberthefuture]

You have a great mind, thanks for sharing it with us!

[jnnyism]

The story of the nose is more apt now than it’s ever been with so many influencers changing their appearance to attract more and more people.

[paddy]

Thumbs up 👍 before even watching the video..title is sufficient..

[raskolnikov]

What an amazing MAN ❤️I have two WAVE prints 🌊 in my bathroom and looking at it gives me peace and appreciation of the style. Another wave by Aivazovsky 🌊. Russian and Japanese. To hear comparison to Chekhov makes me want to read his stories and pay respect. Thank you so much for this video. It’s an amazing revelation and I will learn about his literary work more ☺️❤️

[Takeda_]

After watching your videos and Liking them, i download them so i can rewatch them offline.
Great, didactic and informative as ever.Thanks a lot💝

[BitterDawn]

There seems to be a lot of artists having to forsake love and family in order to retreat from society to dive deep into themselves. I can not but help to identify with this on some level given that a year ago I had to leave the family I help create due to personality clashes that felt increasingly dangerous and agonizing for all involved. Now most of my nights are spent creating and listening to these sort of lectures or music.

[mariavm]

Thank you so much for this introduction!

[sgytsjy]

This video is as elegant as useful, perfect combination. I'm very passionate about Japanese literature and Akutagawa is one of the writers that interests me the most. Could you talk about Dazai Osamu? He is also a very famous writer and Akutagawa was the author who inspired him the most.

[donaldkelly]

This documentary is what I love about your channel! If you asked my follow countrymen to name a famous Japanese writer you might get Mishima. Might.
His stories are spare and elegant, but powerful. I cannot forget "In the Grove" and "Hell Screen" because they are so realistic despite being weird. Akutagawa's short stories are what is meant by The Uncanny.

[alesjanosik]

Okay, I am done listening half way... I need to read those stories!

[burke]

Hey FB.
Loved the Tale of Genji, and Snow Country. That’s the extent of my Japanese literature.
Love sushi and good sake!

[literallyreal]

I see how you introduced the two haikus and left us to figure it out just like the artist 👌👍

[gs]

Thanks. Well done! Very informative.

[JustinFisher]

I loved Chekhovs short stories. For a second I thought this was going to be about Kawabata who was my favorite Japanese writer. I'll have to read some of this author now.

[Socratez]

Great episode! Btw the annotation should be “In a Grove” not Groove

[jospram]

Thank you very much for making this one. 😉