The Exploration of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Thought on the"Akutagawa Gospel"——Starting from the Female Image in"Kirisitamanmono"
Christianity has had an indelible influence on Japanese writers since it was introduced to Japan.Ryunosuke Akutagawa was a representative Japanese writer in modern times,and his thought was also inevitably affected by Christianity."Kirisitanmono",a series of works of Akutagawa,embodied the author's own contemplation about Christianity,known as Akutagawa's Gospel.Akutagawa created tons of vivid female images with different identities and personalities.They played a vital role in the expression of Akutagawa's Gospel.Different from the tradition of Christianity,Akutagawa's Gospel expresses Christianity from a new per-spective in modern times and female images in"Kirisitanmono"showing his rethinking towards Japanese Chris-tianity from several aspects.