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Tables of Contents for Anthology of Japanese Literature from the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
19
14
ANCIENT PERIOD [TO 794 A.D.]
33
30
Man'yoshu
33
21
The Luck of the Sea and the Luck of the Mountains
54
5
Kaifuso
59
4
HEIAN PERIOD [794-1185]
63
116
KUKAI
Kukai and His Master
63
4
The Tales of Ise
67
9
Kokinshu
76
6
KI NO TSURAYUKI
The Tosa Diary
82
10
Poetry from the Six Collections
92
5
THE MOTHER OF MICHITSUNA: Kagero Nikki
97
9
MURASAKI SHIKIBU
Yugao (from "The Tale of Genji")
106
31
SEI SHONAGON
The Pillow Book
137
8
MURASAKI SHIKIBU
Diary
145
11
THE DAUGHTER OF TAKASUE: The Sarashina Diary
156
6
Poetry in Chinese
162
5
Ryojin Hisho
167
3
The Lady Who Loved Insects
170
9
KAMAKURA PERIOD [1185-1333]
179
52
The Tale of the Heike
179
13
Shinkokinshu
192
5
KAMO NO CHOMEI
An Account of My Hut
197
16
Tales from the Uji Collection
213
11
The Captain of Naruto
224
7
MUROMACHI PERIOD [1333-1600]
231
104
YOSHIDA KENKO
Essays in Idleness
231
11
The Exile of Godaigo
242
16
SEAMI MOTOKIYO
The Art of the No
258
5
PLAN of the No Stage
263
1
KAN'AMI KIYOTSUGU
Sotoba Komachi
264
7
SEAMI MOTOKIYO
Birds of Sorrow
271
15
SEAMI MOTOKIYO
Atsumori
286
8
SEAMI MOTOKIYO
The Damask Drum
294
7
The Bird-Catcher in Hades
301
4
Busu
305
7
Poems in Chinese by Buddhist Monks
312
2
Three Poets at Minase
314
8
The Three Priests
322
13
TOKUGAWA PERIOD [1600-1868]
335
IHARA SAIKAKU
What the Seasons Brought to the Almanac-Maker
335
19
IHARA SAIKAKU
The Umbrella Oracle
354
3
IHARA SAIKAKU
The Eternal Storehouse of Japan
357
6
MATSUO BASHO
The Narrow Road of Oku
363
11
MATSUO BASHO
Prose Poem on the Unreal Dwelling
374
3
MUKAI KYORAI
Conversations with Kyorai
377
7
Haiku by Basho and His School
384
2
Chikamatsu on the Art of the Puppet Stage
386
5
CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki
391
19
EJIMA KISEKI
A Wayward Wife
410
6
JIPPENSHA IKKU
Hizakurige
416
7
TAKIZAWA BAKIN
Shino and Hamaji
423
6
Haiku of the Middle and Late Tokugawa Period
429
3
Waka of the Tokugawa Period
432
4
Poetry and Prose in Chinese
436
Short Bibliography