Introduction 19
ANCIENT PERIOD [TO 794 A．D．] 31
Man＇yōshū 33
The Luck of the Sea and the Luck of the mountains 54
Kaifūsō 59
HEIAN PERIOD [794-1185] 61
KUKAI：Kūkai and His Master 63
The Tales of Ise 67
Kokinshū 76
KI NO TSURAYUKI：The Tosa Diary 82
Poetry from the Six Collections 92
THE MOTHER OF MICHITSUNA：Kagerō Nikki 97
MURASAKI SHIKIBU：Yūgao (from＂The Tale of Genji＂) 106
SEI SHONAGON：The Pillow Book 137
MURASAKI SHIKIBU：Diary 145
THE DAUGHTER OF TAKASUE：The Sarashina Diary 156
Poetry in Chinese 162
Ryōjin Hishō 167
The Lady Who Loved Insects 170
KAMAKURA PERIOD [1185-1333] 177
The Tale of the Heike 179
Shinkokinshū 192
KAMO NO CHOMEI：An Account of My Hut 197
Tales from the Uji Collection 213
The Captain of Naruto 224
MUROMACHI PERIOD [1333-1600] 229
YOSHIDA KENKO：Essays in Idleness 231
The Exile of Godaigo 242
SEAMI MOTOKIYO：The Art of the Nō 258
PLAN of the Nō Stage 263
KAN＇AMI KIYOTSUGU：Sotoba Komachi 264
SEAMI MOTOKIYO：Birds of Sorrow 271
SEAMI MOTOKIYO：Atsumori 286
SEAMI MOTOKIYO：The Damask Drum 294
The Bird-Catcher in Hades 301
Busu 305
Poems in Chinese by Buddhist Monks 312
Three Poets at Minase 314
The Three Priests 322
TOKUGAWA PERIOD [1600-1868] 333
IHARA SAIKAKU：What the Seasons Brought to the Almanac-Maker 335
IHARA SAIKAKU：The Umbrella Oracle 354
IHARA SAIKAKU：The Eternal Storehouse of Japan 357
MATSUO BASHO：The Narrow Road of Oku 363
MATSUO BASHO：Prose Poem on the Unreal Dwelling 374
MUKAI KYORAI：Conversations with Kyorai 377
Haiku by Bashō and His School 384
Chikamatsu on the Art of the Puppet Stage 386
CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON：The Love Suicides at Sonezaki 391
EJIMA KISEKI：A Wayward Wife 410
JIPPENSHA IKKU：Hizakurige 416
TAKIZAWA BAKIN：Shino and Hamaji 423
Haiku of the Middle and Late Tokugawa Period 429
Waka of the Tokugawa Period 432
Poetry and Prose in Chinese 436
Short Bibliography 443