CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS[1]
THE FORTY-SEVEN RÔNINS [1]
THE LOVES OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI [20]
KAZUMA'S REVENGE [38]
A STORY OF THE OTOKODATÉ OF YEDO [54]
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUNAKOSHI JIUYÉMON [91]
THE ETA MAIDEN AND THE HATAMOTO [115]
FAIRY TALES [133]
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW [135]
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE [138]
THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN [141]
THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM [145]
THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB [149]
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING [152]
THE FOXES' WEDDING [155]
THE HISTORY OF SAKATA KINTOKI [158]
THE ELVES AND THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR [160]
THE GHOST OF SAKURA [161]
HOW TAJIMA SHUMÉ WAS TORMENTED BY A DEVIL OF HIS OWN CREATION [192]
CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS [197]
THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABÉSHIMA [200]
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT [207]
HOW A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES [209]
THE GRATEFUL FOXES [213]
THE BADGER'S MONEY [220]
THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER [224]
JAPANESE SERMONS [227]
THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I. SERMON I. [235]
THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I. SERMON II. [244]
THE SERMONS OF KIU-Ô, VOL. I. SERMON III. [253]
APPENDICES:—
AN ACCOUNT OF THE HARA-KIRI [263]
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY [288]
ON THE BIRTH AND REARING OF CHILDREN [296]
FUNERAL RITES [301]