Preface 9
Introduction 13
KANAGAKI ROBUN：The Beefeater 31
HATTORI BUSHO：The Western Peep Show 34
KAWATAKE MOKUAMI：The Thieves 37
Modern Poetry in Chinese 53
TSUBOUCHI SHOYO：The Essence of the Novel 55
FUTABATEI SHIMEI：The Drifting Cloud 59
HIGUCHI ICHIYO：Growing Up 70
KUNIKIDA DOPPO：Old Gen 111
Modern Haiku：Ⅰ 122
NATSUME SOSEKI：Botchan 124
SHIMAZAKI TOSON：The Broken Commandment 134
TAYAMA KATAI：One Soldier 142
NAGAI KAFU：The River Sumida 159
Modern Poetry：Ⅰ 201
Modern Waka 207
ISHIKAWA TAKUBOKU：The Romaji Diary 211
MORI OGAI：The Wild Goose 232
IZUMI KYOKA：A Tale of Three Who Were Blind 242
NAKA KANSUKE：Sanctuary 254
SHIGA NAOYA：Han＇s Crime 261
SHIGA NAOYA：At Kinosaki 272
KIKUCHI KAN：The Madman on the Roof 278
KUME MASAO：The Tiger 288
AKUTAGAWA RYUNOSUKE：Kesa and Morito 300
AKUTAGAWA RYUNOSUKE：Hell Screen 307
KOBAYASHI TAKIJI：The Cannery Boat 333
YOKOMITSU RIICHI：Time 339
HINO ASHIHEI：Earth and Soldiers 357
KAWABATA YASUNARI：The Mole 366
Modern Poetry：Ⅱ 375
Modern Haiku：Ⅱ 381
TANIZAKI JUNICHIRO：The Firefly Hunt 383
TANIZAKI JUNICHIRO：The Mother of Captain Shigemoto 387
DAZAI OSAMU：Villon＇s Wife 398
HAYASHI FUMIKO：Tokyo 415
MISHIMA YUKIO：Omi 429