THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUNAKOSHI JIUYEMON

THE ETA MAIDEN AND THE HATAMOTO

FAIRY TALES

THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE
THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN
THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM
THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING
THE FOXES' WEDDING
THE HISTORY OF SAKATA KINTOKI
THE ELVES AND THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR

THE GHOST OF SAKURA

HOW TAJIMA SHUME WAS TORMENTED BY A DEVIL OF HIS OWN CREATION

CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS

THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABESHIMA
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT
HOW A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES
THE GRATEFUL FOXES
THE BADGER'S MONEY
THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER

JAPANESE SERMONS

THE SERMONS OF KIU-O, VOL. I. SERMON I.
" " SERMON II.
" " SERMON III.

APPENDICES:--

AN ACCOUNT OF THE HARA-KIRI
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY
ON THE BIRTH AND REARING OF CHILDREN
FUNERAL RITES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE RONINS INVITE ROTSUKE NO SUKE TO PERFORM HARA-KIRI
THE WELL IN WHICH THE HEAD WAS WASHED
THE SATSUMA MAN INSULTS OISHI KURANOSUKE
THE TOMBS OF THE RONINS
THE TOMB OF THE SHIYOKU
GOMPACHI AWAKENED BY THE MAIDEN IN THE ROBBERS' DEN
FORGING THE SWORD
MATAGORO KILLS YUKIYE
THE DEATH OF DANYEMON
TRICKS OF SWORDSMANSHIP AT ASAKUSA
THE DEATH OF CHOBEI OF BANDZUIN
FUNAKOSHI JIUYEMON ON BOARD THE PIRATE SHIP
JIUYEMON PUNISHES HIS WIFE AND THE WRESTLER
FUNAKOSHI JIUYEMON AND THE GOBLINS
"GOKUMON"
CHAMPION WRESTLER
A WRESTLING MATCH
GENZABURO'S MEETING WITH THE ETA MAIDEN
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW (2)
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE (2)
THE HARE AND THE BADGER
THE HARE AND THE BADGER (2)
THE OLD MAN WHO CAUSED WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER
THE OLD MAN WHO CAUSED WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER (2)
THE APE AND THE CRAB
THE APE AND THE CRAB (2)
LITTLE PEACHLING
LITTLE PEACHLING (2)
THE FOXES' WEDDING
THE FOXES' WEDDING (2)
THE DEPUTATION OF PEASANTS AT THEIR LORD'S GATE
THE GHOST OF SAKURA
SOGORO THRUSTING THE PETITION INTO THE SHOGUN'S LITTER
THE CAT OF NABESHIMA
THE FEAST OF INARI SAMA
A JAPANESE SERMON

THE FORTY-SEVEN RONINS

The books which have been written of late years about Japan have
either been compiled from official records