In Akutagawa's writing, would 誰 have been pronounced たれ or だれ? I found this dramatic reading of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's , in which the performer reads consistently as . Is this correct for the time period? I know that has old readings resembling / such as , but when did readings beginning in _t-_ cease to become current?

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Judging from is written in 1818-1845, and is some point before 1650, the current pronunciation gradually replaced it during the Edo period. is etymologically from voiceless , but assumably changed into by analogy to -series question words.

> Is this correct for the time period?

Well, it's "correct" for the story's background which seems to be late 12th century, but considering that the story is written consistently in today's Japanese, I'm not sure if it's faithful to the author's intention. As I noted in my comment, I couldn't find other recitation saying on YouTube.