藪の中 (yabu no naka)

"In a Grove" is an early modernist short story consisting of seven varying accounts of the murder of a samurai, Kanazawa no Takehiro, whose corpse has been found in a bamboo forest near Kyoto. Each section simultaneously clarifies and obfuscates what the reader knows about the murder, eventually creating a complex and contradictory vision of events that brings into question humanity's ability or willingness to perceive and transmit objective truth. It is the basis… (more)

"In a Grove" is an early modernist short story consisting of seven varying accounts of the murder of a samurai, Kanazawa no Takehiro, whose corpse has been found in a bamboo forest near Kyoto. Each section simultaneously clarifies and obfuscates what the reader knows about the murder, eventually creating a complex and contradictory vision of events that brings into question humanity's ability or willingness to perceive and transmit objective truth. It is the basis for Kurosawa's "Rashoumon." 『藪の中』（やぶのなか）は、芥川龍之介の短編小説。1922年（大正11年）、月刊雑誌「新潮」1月号に発表された。 (from Wikipedia) Note: you may have to embed your own Japanese unicode font in order for this to display on your reader. A translated version is available: http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4205