# a grotesque Buddhist priest — Short Fiction character guide

> a grotesque Buddhist priest in Short Fiction by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-the-nose

## Who they are

A priest with a strange appearance who appears in a narrative.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_59_se/chapters/i)

An eccentric priest with bronze earrings, dark skin, and frizzled hair, waving a whip to keep flies away.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_59_se/chapters/ii)

The mountain priest from Pao Chang S' su who diagnoses the wine worm.

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