Rashomon (disambiguation)

Rashomon, Rashōmon or Rajōmon may refer to:

Locations

• Rajōmon can refer to either of two city gates, one in Nara and the other in Kyoto. Kurosawa's Rashomon is named after the Kyoto gate.
• Rashōmon (stalactite) (ja) a cave feature in Niimi

Films

• Rashōmon (1911 film) - featuring Matsunosuke Onoe, one of nearly 1,000 films this actor made in 3 years
• Rashomon (film), a 1950 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, based on two stories by Akutagawa

Music

• Rashomon (album), an album by Taiwanese singer Show Luo in 2010
• Rashōmon (Ningen Isu album) (ja) album by the Japanese heavy metal band Ningen Isu (The Human Chairs)

Theatre

• Rashōmon (Noh play) (c.1420), a famous Noh play about a man ascending the gate to find a demon
• Rashomon (play), a 1959 English-language play written by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin, based on the film.
• Rashomon (Thai play) a 1973 Thai-language play composed by the famous Thai writer and politician Kukrit Pramoj, based on Kurosawa's film
• Rashomon (opera), a 1996 English-language chamber opera by Argentine composer Alejandro Viñao, based on Kurosawa's film

Literature

• "Rashōmon" (short story), a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa first published in 1915
• Rashomon Gate: A Mystery of Ancient Japan, a 2002 novel written by I. J. Parker
• Police Station Rashōmon (ja) manga by Masao Yajima and Akira Nakayama, and then a TV drama based on it

Psychology

• Rashomon effect, a psychological effect named by Karl G. Heider.

Other

• Rashōmon (sake) (ja) a Japanese sake brand from Wakayama

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