Akutagawa Ryunosuke is a great master ofpre-modern Japanese literature, who is outstanding in Japanese literary history andcalled the last one that has the style of oriental literati.

• 芥川龙之介是日本近代文学巨匠之一,是“具备东方文人风格的最后一位作家”,在日本文学史上具有重要地位。