Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale
| Author | Ryūnosuke Akutagawa |
|---|---|
| Original title | 竜 (Ryū) |
| Translator | Takashi Kojima, Jay Rubin |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Short story |
| Publisher | Iwanami Shoten Publishing |
Publication date | May 1919 |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 1952 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 18 |
Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale (竜, Ryū) is a short story by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. It was first published in a 1919 collection of Akutagawa short stories, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke zenshū (芥川龍之介全集). The story is based on a thirteenth-century Japanese tale, with Akutagawa's Taishō literary interpretations of modern psychology and the nature of religion.