Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介 Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, 1 Maart 1892 – 24 Julie 1927), artistieke naam Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人) was 'n Japannese skrywer wat aktief was tydens die Taishō periode in Japan. Hy word beskou as die "vader van die Japannese kortverhaal". Japan se mees luisterryke literêre toekenning, die Akutagawa-prys, is na hom vernoem. Hy het op die ouderdom van 35 jaar selfmoord gepleeg deur 'n oordosis barbital te neem. Tales of Grotesque and Curious. Vert. Glenn W. Shaw. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1930. Tobacco and the devil.--The nose.--The handkerchief.--Rashōmon.--Lice.--The spider's thread.--The wine worm.--The badger.--The ball.--The pipe.--Mōri Sensei. "The Christ of Nanking" (Nankyo no Kirisuto). Vert. Ivan Morris. In The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, Volume 1: From Rsotriation to Occupation, 1868-1945. New York: Columbia University Press (2005). Fool's Life. Vert. Will Peterson Grossman (1970). ISBN 0-670-32350-0 Kappa. Vert. Geoffrey Bownas. Peter Owen Publishers (2006) ISBN 0-7206-1200-4 Hell Screen. Vert. H W Norman. Greenwood Press. (1970) ISBN 0-8371-3017-4 Mandarins. Vert. Charles De Wolf.