Contents

EXOTICS:—Page
I. Fuji-no-Yama[3]
II. Insect-Musicians[39]
III. A Question in the Zen Texts[83]
IV. The Literature of the Dead[95]
V. Frogs[157]
VI. Of Moon-Desire[175]
RETROSPECTIVES:—
I. First Impressions[187]
II. Beauty is Memory[199]
III. Sadness in Beauty[211]
IV. Parfum de Jeunesse[221]
V. Azure Psychology[227]
VI. A Serenade[241]
VII. A Red Sunset[251]
VIII. Frisson[263]
IX. Vespertina Cognitio[275]
X. The Eternal Haunter[293]

List of Illustrations

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Insect Cages[51]
1. A Form of Insect Cage.
2. Cage for Large Musical Insects.
3. Cage for Small Musical Insects.
Gate of Kobudera[97]
Tomb in Kobudera, showing Sotoba[102]
Tomb in Kobudera, sculptured with image of Bodhisattva Mahâsthâma[137]
Illustrations in the Text
Kanétataki (“The Bell-Ringer”), natural size[57]
Matsumushi, slightly enlarged[60]
Suzumushi, slightly enlarged[63]
Umaoi, natural size[67]
Kirigirisu, natural size[68]
Kusa-hibari, natural size[69]
Yamato-suzu (“Little-Bell of Yamato”), natural size[69]
Kin-hibari, natural size[70]
Kuro-hibari, natural size[70]
Emma-kōrogi, natural size[71]
Emma-kōrogi[72]
Kutsuwamushi, natural size[73]
Kantan, natural size[75]

Exotics