[DeepL Translation - needs review] A short story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, a writer of the "New School of Thought" active in the Taisho era (1912-1926). First published in Fujin Koron [Chuokoron-sha, 1923]. It has not been published in book form, and was included in the ninth volume of the "Complete Works of Ryunosuke Akutagawa. It is a parody of the later story of the so-called classic "Sarukani-gassen," in which the monkey's malice is executed for lack of evidence and the crab's act of reven...
I honestly didn't get this at all despite following the language/grammar without too much effort. I ended up googling around and found this explanation which helped a lot: https://ii-hon.com/sarukanigassen/ Basically - there is a folktale that this is playing off of and if you don't know it this will feel very random and odd. In any case, once that slotted into place it made a lot more sense. It felt like a very cynical, maybe even sarcastic parody? I can't say I enjoyed it but it was certainly