Place of birth of Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), one of the modern literary writers who left many literary works such as "Nas," "Rashomon," "Kappa," and "A Life of A Fool" under Soseki Natsume, was born in Akashicho. Was. Today, the Akutagawa Prize, which is the gateway to the literary world, is a literary prize established by Bungeishunju Ltd. in 1943 after Ryunosuke Akutagawa.