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The purpose of this thesis is to contemplate the Akutagawa Ryunosuke's view of woman. 『JIGOKUHEN(Hell Screen)』 which is one of the art novels and represents Akutagawa's historical novel is regarded highly as the novel of 'art for art's sake'. It is a novel of a certain artist's life. In the novel, the main character, who is an artist, kills his daughter by burning her in fire and finally completes his own art. It can be said that he is a typical person of 'art for art's sake' who sees art as the invaluable thing and the best in his life. The only woman character in this novel, Yoshihide's daughter, is the woman who is in triangle of love with Otono and his father. She plays a big role in unfolding the story. At first, she is known a gentle girl, on the other
hand, she also has an aspect of an enchantress as 'beautiful woman'. Eventually, the reason for her innocent in the hell is from Akutagawa's concept of the 'beautiful woman'. Therefore, her tragic fate of falling to hell in 『JIGOKUHEN』 is due to reflection of Akutagawa's negative woman view.