For some reason, when talking about Japanese authors we (almost) always forget about: Ryunosuke Akutagawa [1], author of short stories like Rashomon or In a grove [2] (this actually the story that inspired Kurasawa's Rashomon)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABnosuke_Akutagawa [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Grove