The article begins with a large part of the scene description, and every sentence is filled with a thick and gloomy atmosphere. Rashomon was published in 19 15. At this time, Japan witnessed the rapid development of capitalism, but also an eventful autumn of natural and man-made disasters. Social unrest, economic depression and people's poverty have made the vicinity of Rashomon in Kyoto particularly desolate.
At this time, the relationship between people is alienated and unfamiliar, the virtual and real of good and evil are vague, everything is isolated, and the sincerity of human nature cannot be seen. In this context, Akutagawa wrote a contradictory story.
Japanese literary works:
Ryunosuke Akutagawa is known as a "literary genius", and the outside world commented that his works "opened up an unprecedented field in the history of modern Japanese literature". Rashomon, based on Japanese classical novels, has a short length of only over 3,000 words, but it plays an important role in Akutagawa's literature.
A large number of Japanese literary works will have a feeling of "mourning" when read, and the lines of the works are full of birth, illness and death. Some works, such as Yukio Mishima and Osamu Dazai, are like talking to themselves and struggling in their own world. The phrase "I'm sorry, I was born in vain" that pervades every corner of the Internet comes from Osamu Dazai's "The Flag Bearer of the Twentieth Century" (not from "Disqualification on Earth", but Osamu Dazai quoted Kyutaro from the temple for the last time).