CONTENTS

PAGE
PREFACE[7]
LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT PERSONS[11]
GENEALOGICAL TABLES[13]
CHAPTER
I.KIRITSUBO[17]
II.THE BROOM-TREE[39]
III.UTSUSEMI[81]
IV.YŪGAO[92]
V.MURASAKI[135]
VI.THE SAFFRON-FLOWER[180]
VII.THE FESTIVAL OF RED LEAVES[211]
VIII.THE FLOWER FEAST[239]
IX.AOI[250]
APPENDICES[297]