[DeepL Translation - needs review] A short story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, a writer of the "Shin-Shicho-ha" school active in the Taisho era (1912-1926). It first appeared in "Shincho" [1919] as "I" in the two-chapter "My Encounter" series. When it was included in the short story collection "Kage-Toro" [Shunyodo, 1920], it was treated as a stand-alone work with "Ni-numauchi" (The Swamp). They are also used as Japanese language teaching materials in elementary schools. The story is about a girl ...
A lovely story about a man and a girl on a train. Atmospheric and introspective.
Somewhat of a vocabulary stretch, but relatively light on old kanji and no old kana that I noted.