22 moments

1. Placed with the Akutagawa family

   1892-01-01 · Koizumichō, Honjo Ward (present Ryōgoku), Sumida, Tokyo, Japan

   At about seven months old, he was placed with and raised by his maternal family in Koizumichō, Honjo Ward. The source gives his age as about seven months; only the year is retained.

2. Birth in Irifune

   1892-03-01 · Irifune 8-chōme (present Akashi), Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

   

   Akutagawa was born in the Irifune district of Kyōbashi, now Akashi in Chūō, Tokyo. Coordinate is a representative point for present-day Akashi, the successor locality named by the source.

3. Entered Kōtō Elementary School

   1898-01-01 · Kōtō Elementary School (now Ryōgoku Elementary School), Sumida, Tokyo, Japan

   He began elementary education at Kōtō Elementary School, the predecessor of present-day Ryōgoku Elementary School. Coordinate represents the present successor school identified in the source.

4. Entered First Higher School

   1910-09-01 · First Higher School, Komaba, Tokyo, Japan

   Akutagawa entered the English division of First Higher School, where he formed friendships with several future writers. Coordinate represents the historic Komaba campus area of First Higher School.

5. Entered Tokyo Imperial University

   1913-01-01 · Tokyo Imperial University, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

   

   After graduating from First Higher School, he entered the English-literature department at Tokyo Imperial University. Coordinate is the Hongo campus of the present University of Tokyo.

6. Began teaching at the Naval Engineering School

   1916-12-01 · Naval Engineering School, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

   

   Akutagawa began a roughly two-year appointment teaching English at the Naval Engineering School in Yokosuka while continuing his literary work. Coordinate represents the former school-site area in Yokosuka.

7. Returned to the Tabata home

   1919-04-28 · Tabata, Kita, Tokyo, Japan

   After leaving the Naval Engineering School, Akutagawa ended his Kamakura residence and returned to his home in Tabata. Coordinate represents the Tabata residential area; the original house no longer survives.

8. First visit to Nagasaki

   1919-05-01 · Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

   

   Akutagawa made his first documented visit to Nagasaki, traveling with fellow writer Kan Kikuchi. The municipal source supports month-level precision only.

9. Departed Tokyo for China

   1921-03-19 · Tokyo, Japan

   As an Osaka Mainichi Shinbun correspondent, Akutagawa began his journey to China by train from Tokyo. Coordinate is a representative point for Tokyo because the departure station is not specified.

10. Stopped in Osaka en route to China

    1921-03-20 · Osaka, Osaka, Japan

    During his China assignment journey, he reached Osaka, where he recovered from a high fever before continuing west. Coordinate is a representative point for central Osaka.

11. Reached Moji before embarkation

    1921-03-28 · Moji, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

    Akutagawa arrived at Moji and boarded the Chikugomaru for the crossing to China. Coordinate represents the Moji port area.

12. Arrived in Shanghai

    1921-03-30 · Shanghai, China

    He arrived in Shanghai at the start of the four-month reporting trip that informed his China travel writing. Coordinate is a representative point for central Shanghai.

13. Visited Hangzhou

    1921-05-01 · Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

    After leaving Shanghai, Akutagawa spent several days in Hangzhou during the Jiangnan portion of his China journey. The source supports a stay from May 2 through May 5; month precision is used because its wording is syntactically ambiguous in translation.

14. Visited Nanjing

    1921-05-01 · Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

    He visited Nanjing in the final stage of the May Jiangnan journey before returning to Shanghai. The cited itinerary gives May 12–14; month precision is used to avoid asserting a single-day arrival date.

15. Visited Suzhou

    1921-05-10 · Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

    Akutagawa traveled to Suzhou during the Jiangnan itinerary after returning to Shanghai from Hangzhou. Coordinate is a representative point for central Suzhou.

16. Stayed at Nakaniya in Yugawara

    1921-10-01 · Nakaniya, Yugawara Onsen, Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan

    Following his return from China, Akutagawa stayed at the Nakaniya inn in the Yugawara hot-spring area through October 20. Coordinate represents the Yugawara Onsen area; the historic inn's precise site is not established here.

17. Month-long stay in Nagasaki

    1922-04-01 · Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan

    Akutagawa returned to Nagasaki and remained there for more than a month, accompanied locally by literary and cultural contacts. The stay ran from April 25 to May 30; April is used for chronological ordering without inventing a one-day event date.

18. Convalescence at Nakaniya in Yugawara

    1923-03-01 · Nakaniya, Yugawara Onsen, Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan

    He returned to Yugawara for a convalescent stay at Nakaniya amid worsening health. The source records a stay beginning March 1 and lasting until mid-April; month precision is retained.

19. Joined the Tabata neighborhood vigil

    1923-09-01 · Tabata, Kita, Tokyo, Japan

    During the aftermath of the Great Kantō Earthquake, Akutagawa participated in the neighborhood vigil of his Tabata community. The source associates his participation with the September 1923 earthquake aftermath but does not give a particular day of vigil duty.

20. Stayed at Azumaya in Kugenuma

    1926-02-22 · Azumaya Inn, Kugenuma, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

    

    Akutagawa stayed at the Azumaya inn in Kugenuma before bringing his wife and children to join him. Coordinate represents the Kugenuma coastal area; the historic inn's exact site is not independently fixed here.

21. Lived in a rented Kugenuma villa

    1926-07-20 · Azumaya I-4 rented villa, Kugenuma, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

    

    Akutagawa rented the I-4 villa from Azumaya and lived there with his wife Fumi and youngest son Yasushi during the summer. Coordinate represents Kugenuma; the source identifies the villa by its historic rental designation rather than a mappable street address.

22. Death at the Tabata home

    1927-07-24 · Tabata, Kita, Tokyo, Japan

    

    After completing Zoku Saihō no Hito, Akutagawa died by self-administered overdose at his home in Tabata. The Japanese Wikipedia infobox identifies his death location as Takino-gawa, present-day Tabata, Kita, Tokyo.