Packet 3: Tossup 15

It’s not skin, but a poet declared that God gave her this body part “To punish / Men for their endless sins.” In a story from the anthology Flesh-Colored Horror, this body part kills a woman and hides in her attic after gaining sentience. (15[2])A collection of tanka titled for this body part (15[2])was written by an author who translated The Tale of Genji into modern Japanese, (-5[1])Yosano (15[1])Akiko. A samurai who reconciles with his ex-wife (-5[1])realizes that this body part of hers (-5[1])is all that remains in a (15[1])Lafcadio (-5[1])Hearn story adapted in the film Kwaidan. The fact that her victim sold (*) snake meat (10[2])as dried (10[2])fish (10[2]-5[1])is used as (10[2])justification (10[3])for appropriating this body part (10[1])in a story (10[1])set at an abandoned gate. (10[1])For 10 points, the narrator of Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s story “Rashomon” encounters an old woman who steals what body part (10[1])from corpses? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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