Taisho Magazines and Akutagawa’s Vision of Hell
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English - May 31, 2022 18:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsArts japanese literature books fiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We’re taking a look at Japan in the 1910s and 1920s, the era of the Taishō Democracy and the heyday of Japan’s literary magazines and serial novels.
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