[CONTENTS]

Introduction

I.[THE PERIOD OF THE GODS]
II.[HEROES AND WARRIORS]
III.[THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-MAIDEN]
IV.[BUDDHA LEGENDS]
V.[FOX LEGENDS]
VI.[JIZŌ, THE GOD OF CHILDREN]
VII.[LEGEND IN JAPANESE ART]
VIII.[THE STAR LOVERS AND THE ROBE OF FEATHERS]
IX.[LEGENDS OF MOUNT FUJI]
X.[BELLS]
XI.[YUKI-ONNA, THE LADY OF THE SNOW]
XII.[FLOWERS AND GARDENS]
XIII.[TREES]
XIV.[MIRRORS]
XV.[KWANNON AND BENTEN. DAIKOKU, EBISU, AND HOTEI]
XVI.[DOLLS AND BUTTERFLIES]
XVII.[FESTIVALS]
XVIII.[THE PEONY-LANTERN]
XIX.[KŌBŌ DAISHI, NICHIREN, AND SHŌDŌ SHONIN]
XX.[FANS]
XXI.[THUNDER]
XXII.[ANIMAL LEGENDS]
XXIII.[BIRD AND INSECT LEGENDS]
XXIV.[CONCERNING TEA]
XXV.[LEGENDS OF THE WEIRD]
XXVI.[THREE MAIDENS]
XXVII.[LEGENDS OF THE SEA]
XXVIII.[SUPERSTITIONS]
XXIX.[SUPERNATURAL BEINGS]
XXX.[THE TRANSFORMATION OF ISSUNBOSHI AND KINTARO,]
[THE GOLDEN BOY]
XXXI.[MISCELLANEOUS LEGENDS]

[A Note on Japanese Poetry]
[Gods and Goddesses]
[Genealogy of the Age of the Gods]
[Bibliography]
[Index of Poetical Quotations]
[Glossary and Index]

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

[The Lovers who exchanged Fans] Frontispiece
[Uzume awakens the Curiosity of Ama-terasu]
[Susa-no-o and Kushi-nada-hime]
[Hoori and the Sea God's Daughter]
[Yorimasa slays the Vampire]
[Yorimasa and Benkei attacked by a ghostly company of the Taira Clan]
[Raiko and the Enchanted Maiden]
[Raiko slays the Goblin of Oyeyama]
[Prince Yamato and Takeru]
[Momotaro and the Pheasant]
[Hidesato and the Centipede]
[The Moonfolk demand the Lady Kaguya]
[Buddha and the Dragon]
[The Mikado and the Jewel Maiden]
[Jizō]
[A Kakemono Ghost]
[Sengen, the Goddess of Mount Fuji]
[Visu on Mount Fuji-Yama]
[Kiyo and the Priest]
[Yuki-Onna, the Lady of the Snow]
[Shingé and Yoshisawa by the Violet Well]
[Matsu rescues Teoyo]
[Shinzaburō recognised Tsuyu and her maid Yoné]
[The Jelly-Fish and the Monkey]
[The Firefly Battle]
[Hōïchi-the-Earless]
[The Maiden of Unai]
[Urashima and the Sea King's Daughter]
[Tokoyo and the Sea Serpent]
[The Kappa and his Victim]
[Kato Sayemon in his Palace of the Shōgun Ashikaga]
[Tōtarō and Samébito]