Rampo's fiction and Ero-Guro-Nansensu

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This research paper offers an overview of ero-guro-nansensu, which means "erotic-grotesque-nonsense," which was a Japanese movement that originated in the 1920s. As Edogawa Rampo was a prominent writer during this period, the writer uses Rampo's fiction, specifically his short stories "Caterpillar" and "The Human Chair," to illustrate the principles of the movement. Ten pages in length, nine sources are cited.