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Kappa (novella), the Glossary

is a 1927 novella written by the Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.^[1]

29 relations: Aozora Bunko, Aphorism, Arthur Schopenhauer, Cynicism (philosophy), Death anniversary, Diary of a Madman (Lu Xun), Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol), Enzo Matsunaga, Erewhon, Gulliver's Travels, Heinrich von Kleist, Japan, Japanese language, Kappa (folklore), Lu Xun, Michel de Montaigne, Misanthropy, Mount Hotakadake, Necromancy, Novella, Otto Weininger, Philipp Mainländer, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Skepticism, Suicide, Susan J. Napier, Taishō era, Tokyo Shimbun, Utopian and dystopian fiction.
1927 novels
20th-century Japanese novels
Japanese autobiographical novels
Japanese novellas
Japanese satirical novels
Novels by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Works about kappa (folklore)

Aozora Bunko

Aozora Bunko (青空文庫,, also known as the "Open Air Library") is a Japanese digital library.

Aphorism

An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.

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Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher.

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Cynicism (philosophy)

Cynicism (κυνισμός) is a school of thought in ancient Greek philosophy, originating in the Classical period and extending into the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods.

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Death anniversary

A death anniversary (or deathday) is the anniversary of the death of a person.

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Diary of a Madman (Lu Xun)

"Diary of a Madman", also translated as "A Madman's Diary" is a short story by the Chinese writer Lu Xun, published in 1918.

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Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)

"Diary of a Madman" (1835; Записки сумасшедшего, Zapiski sumasshedshevo) is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol.

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Enzo Matsunaga

was a Japanese writer.

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Erewhon

Erewhon: or, Over the Range is a novel by English writer Samuel Butler, first published anonymously in 1872, set in a fictional country discovered and explored by the protagonist.

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Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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Heinrich von Kleist

Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Kappa (folklore)

A —also known as,, with a boss called or —is a reptiloid kami with similarities to yōkai found in traditional Japanese folklore.

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Lu Xun

Lu Xun (25 September 188119 October 1936), born Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer, literary critic, lecturer, and state servant.

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Michel de Montaigne

Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne (28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance.

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Misanthropy

Misanthropy is the general hatred, dislike, or distrust of the human species, human behavior, or human nature.

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Mount Hotakadake

, also known as Mount Hotakadake, is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains as coined by the media, reaching a height of.

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Necromancy is the practice of magic involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions for the purpose of divination; imparting the means to foretell future events and discover hidden knowledge.

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Novella

A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories.

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Otto Weininger

Otto Weininger (3 April 1880 – 4 October 1903) was an Austrian philosopher who lived in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Philipp Mainländer

Philipp Mainländer (5 October 1841 – 1 April 1876) was a German philosopher and poet.

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

, art name, was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan.

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Skepticism

Skepticism, also spelled scepticism in British English, is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma.

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