[KineJapan] Rashomon question

[Markus Nornes]

There seems to have been   a problem with this message from Lorenzo, so I’m
forwarding it here.

Markus



From: Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:29:44 +0000
Subject: Doubt on RASHÔMON

Dear colleagues,

I’m contributing to Japan Foundation Spain, with a colleague, on a course
on *Rashômon*. I just wanted to bring one apparent secondary doubt: the man
who is killed, is a public servant or a samurai? Is it both, taking in mind
the etymology of the word “samurai”, “saburau” or “server”?

In most of the synopsis you can find he is a samurai, but in Akutagawa’s
homonymous tale he is a “public servant”.
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