[DeepL Translation - needs review] This is a representative novel by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, a writer of the "New School of Thought" active in the Taisho period (1912-1926). It was first published in "Daihonywa" [Shunju-sha, 1927] as a chapter titled "Ichi Ruen Court" (Gears), and after Akutagawa's death, the entire story was published in "Bungeishunju" [Bungeishunju-sha, the same year]. Included in "Akutagawa Ryunosuke Shu" [Conversion, 1928]. The story consists of six chapters, in which "I," ...
