Omarudani—4th July, 1916.


CONTENTS

Chapter.Page
Proem[15]
I.O'Mino and Densuké[17]
II.Kawai San of Kanda Ku[28]
III. Takahashi Daihachirō[35]
IV. The Appearance of O'Iwa San[43]
V. The Affair of the Shiba Kiridōshi[49]
VI. Negotiations: The Business of a Nakōdo or Marriage Broker[63]
VII. Iémon Appears[74]
VIII. If Old Acquaintance be Forgot[86]
IX. Love Knots[93]
X. The Plot Against O'Iwa[99]
XI. The Plot Develops[106]
XII. Kwaiba's Revenge[114]
XIII. The Yōtaka (Night-hawks) of Honjō[123]
XIV. The Punishment[131]
XV. Chōbei Gets the News[141]
XVI. News Reaches Kwaiba[155]
XVII. News of Kwaiba[162]
XVIII. In the Shadow of the Go Inkyō[173]
XIX. Tamiya Yoémon: With News of Kondō Rokurōbei and Myōzen the Priest[180]
XX. Kibei Dono[195]
XXI. Matters Ecclesiastical[212]
XXII. The Rites for O'Iwa[222]
XXIII. The Sanzugawa, Bridgeless; the Flowerless Road Traversed by the Dead[233]
Appendices[251]

[The pronunciation of the Japanese vowels and consonants follows closely the Italian; in diphthongs and triphthongs each vowel is given full value.

a = a as in father, e = a as in mate, i = e as in meet, o = o as in soap, u = oo as in fool.

g is always hard. In the Tōkyō district it has the sound ng.

ch has full value, as in church. It is not k; c is only found as ch; i.e. cha, chi, cho, chu.

The vowels also have long (continued) sounds, marked by the accent -.