Add to ORKGThe research and studies so far made on Mary as depicted in Akutagawa\u27s \u22Saihonohito\u22 (The Westerner) have explored, in general, the relationship between the Holy Spirit and Mary. The aim of my study is to explain Akutagawa\u27s descriptions of and expressions concerning Mary through commentaries on the Bible. Mary in the Bible is a woman devoted and faithful to God, and a mother who loves her son as well. But Mary in Akutagawa\u27s understanding is a symbol of commonness. His Mary is symbolic of his view of woman and life itself He uses an expression \u27beautiful Mary\u27 about her, which is not found in the Bible. It shows a hint of Akutagawa\u27s cynical attitude toward immoral women, which has a correlation in his expression o...