Author | Ryūnosuke Akutagawa |
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Original title | 地獄変 (Jigokuhen) |
Translator | Jay Rubin, Seiji M. Lippit, W.H.H. Norman, and others |
Language | Japanese |
Genre | Short story |
Publisher | Iwanami Shoten Publishing |
Publication date | 1918 |
Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 1948 (originally) |
Hell Screen (地獄変, Jigokuhen) is a short story written by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. It was a reworking of Uji Shūi Monogatari and originally published in 1918 as a serialization in two newspapers.[1] It was later published in a collection of Akutagawa short stories, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke zenshū.[2]