Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, art name Chōkōdō Shujin, was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award
Akutagawa in 1927
Photograph dated 1919. The second subject from the left is Akutagawa. On the far left is Kan Kikuchi.
A manuscript page of "Horse Legs", 1925
Barbital
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Barbital, sold under the brand names Veronal for the pure acid and Medinal for the sodium salt, was the first commercially available barbiturate. It was used as a sleeping aid from 1903 until the mid-
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
…short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him. He took his own life at the age of 35 through an overdose of barbital. Ryūnosuke Akutagawa was born in Irifune, Kyōbashi, Tokyo City (present-day Akashi, Chūō, Tokyo), the eldest son of businessman Toshizō Niihara and his…
Bottle for "Veronal" crystals, named after the Italian city of Verona, was the first commercially available barbiturate, manufactured by Bayer.
Sample of sodium barbital used as a pH buffer
Veronal from Bayer in glass tubes with cork caps - 10 tablets probably produced around 1940