Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "Phantom Poetry Collection" Discovered: A Booklet of 12 of His Own Poems

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It was discovered on the 31st that a booklet containing 12 poems written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927) has been found. Its existence was known but its whereabouts were unknown, and experts have described it as a "valuable resource that could be called a 'phantom collection of poems.'" It will be on display at a special exhibition starting June 7th at the Tabata Writers' Village Memorial Museum in Kita Ward, Tokyo. According to the museum, t…