LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE RÔNINS INVITE RÔTSUKÉ NO SUKÉ TO PERFORM HARA-KIRI]

[THE WELL IN WHICH THE HEAD WAS WASHED]

[THE SATSUMA MAN INSULTS OISHI KURANOSUKÉ]

[THE TOMBS OF THE RÔNINS]

[THE TOMB OF THE SHIYOKU]

[GOMPACHI AWAKENED BY THE MAIDEN IN THE ROBBERS' DEN]

[FORGING THE SWORD]

[MATAGORÔ KILLS YUKIYÉ]

[THE DEATH OF DANYÉMON]

[TRICKS OF SWORDSMANSHIP AT ASAKUSA]

[THE DEATH OF CHÔBEI OF BANDZUIN]

[FUNAKOSHI JIUYÉMON ON BOARD THE PIRATE SHIP]

[JIUYÉMON PUNISHES HIS WIFE AND THE WRESTLER]

[FUNAKOSHI JIUYÉMON AND THE GOBLINS]

["GOKUMON"]

[CHAMPION WRESTLER]

[A WRESTLING MATCH]

[GENZABURÔ'S MEETING WITH THE ETA MAIDEN]

[THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW]

[THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW (2)]

[THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE]

[THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE (2)]

[THE HARE AND THE BADGER]

[THE HARE AND THE BADGER (2)]

[THE OLD MAN WHO CAUSED WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER]

[THE OLD MAN WHO CAUSED WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER (2)]

[THE APE AND THE CRAB]

[THE APE AND THE CRAB (2)]

[LITTLE PEACHLING]

[LITTLE PEACHLING (2)]

[THE FOXES' WEDDING]

[THE FOXES' WEDDING (2)]

[THE DEPUTATION OF PEASANTS AT THEIR LORD'S GATE]

[THE GHOST OF SAKURA]

[SÔGORÔ THRUSTING THE PETITION INTO THE SHOGUN'S LITTER]

[THE CAT OF NABÉSHIMA]

[THE FEAST OF INARI SAMA]

[A JAPANESE SERMON]