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CONTENTS
| BOOK THE FIRST—ARCHAIC PERIOD (BEFORE A.D. 700) | ||
| INTRODUCTORY—SONGS—SHINTO RITUALS | 3 | |
| BOOK THE SECOND—NARA PERIOD (EIGHTH CENTURY) (POETRY CULTIVATED) | ||
| I. | INTRODUCTORY—PROSE—"KOJIKI"—"IDZUMO FUDOKI"—IMPERIAL EDICTS | 17 |
| II. | JAPANESE POETRY GENERALLY—THE "MANYŌSHIU"—WORKS IN CHINESE | 24 |
| BOOK THE THIRD—HEIAN OR CLASSICAL PERIOD (800–1186) | ||
| I. | INTRODUCTORY | 53 |
| II. | POETRY—THE "KOKINSHIU" | 58 |
| III. | PROSE—"KOKINSHIU" PREFACE, "TOSA NIKKI," "TAKETORI MONOGATARI," "ISE" AND OTHER MINOR MONOGATARI | 63 |
| IV. | "GENJI MONOGATARI" | 92 |
| V. | "MAKURA ZŌSHI" | 104 |
| VI. | SOME MINOR WORKS | 118 |
| VII. | "YEIGWA MONOGATARI"—"Ō-KAGAMI"—WORKS IN CHINESE | 122 |
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