CONTENTS

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PREFACE[5]
LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT PERSONS[9]
GENEALOGICAL TABLES[11]
SUMMARY OF VOL. 1[13]
INTRODUCTION:
FICTION IN JAPAN PREVIOUS TO THE Tale of Genji[15]
THE ART OF MURASAKI[30]
NOTE ON THE TEXT[35]
CHAPTER
X.THE SACRED TREE[39]
XI.THE VILLAGE OF FALLING FLOWERS[94]
XII.EXILE AT SUMA[99]
XIII.AKASHI[141]
XIV.THE FLOOD GAUGE[188]
XV.THE PALACE IN THE TANGLED WOODS[225]
XVI.A MEETING AT THE FRONTIER[252]
XVII.THE PICTURE COMPETITION[258]
XVIII.THE WIND IN THE PINE-TREES[282]