| Introduction |
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1 | (48) |
| The Translation |
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| Preface |
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49 | (2) |
| SECTION ONE |
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Love: The Contest Between Two Forces |
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51 | (6) |
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57 | (6) |
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Within the Fence: Pine, Maple, and a Willow Waist |
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63 | (6) |
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Love Letter Sent in a Sea Bass |
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69 | (8) |
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Implicated by His Diamond Crest |
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77 | (8) |
| SECTION TWO |
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85 | (12) |
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Though Bearing an Umbrella, He Was Rained Upon |
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97 | (8) |
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His Head Shaved on the Path of Dreams |
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105 | (8) |
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Aloeswood Boy of the East |
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113 | (5) |
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118 | (7) |
| SECTION THREE |
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Grudge Provoked by a Sedge Hat |
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125 | (8) |
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Tortured to Death with Snow on His Sleeve |
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133 | (5) |
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The Sword That Survived Love's Flames |
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138 | (5) |
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The Sickbed No Medicine Could Cure |
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143 | (8) |
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He Fell in Love When the Mountain Rose Was in Bloom |
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151 | (8) |
| SECTION FOUR |
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Drowned by Love in Winecups of Pearly Nautilus Shells |
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159 | (7) |
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The Boy Who Sacrificed His Life in the Robes of His Lover |
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166 | (8) |
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They Waited Three Years to Die |
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174 | (6) |
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Two Old Cherry Trees Still in Bloom |
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180 | (4) |
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Handsome Youths Having Fun Cause Trouble for a Temple |
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184 | (5) |
| SECTION FIVE |
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189 | (7) |
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He Pleaded for His Life at Mitsudera Hachiman |
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196 | (7) |
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Love's Flame Kindled by a Flint Seller |
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203 | (6) |
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Visiting from Edo, Suddenly a Monk |
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209 | (5) |
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Votive Picture of Kichiya Riding a Horse |
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214 | (5) |
| SECTION SIX |
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A Huge Winecup Overflowing with Love |
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219 | (7) |
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Kozakura's Figure: Grafted Branches of a Cherry Tree |
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226 | (7) |
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The Man Who Resented Another's Shouts |
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233 | (4) |
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A Secret Visit Leads to the Wrong Bed |
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237 | (5) |
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A Terrible Shame He Never Performed in the Capital |
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242 | (5) |
| SECTION SEVEN |
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Fireflies Also Work Their Asses at Night |
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247 | (7) |
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254 | (7) |
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An Unworn Robe to Remember Him by |
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261 | (6) |
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Bamboo Clappers Strike the Hateful Number |
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267 | (5) |
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Nails Hammered into an Amateur Painting |
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272 | (9) |
| SECTION EIGHT |
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A Verse Sung by a Goblin with a Beautiful Voice |
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281 | (8) |
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Siamese Roosters and the Reluctant Farewell |
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289 | (4) |
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293 | (8) |
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The Koyama Barrier Keeper |
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301 | (5) |
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Who Wears the Incense Graph Dyed in Her Heart? |
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306 | (7) |
| Notes |
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313 | (44) |
| Works Cited |
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357 | (4) |
| English Translations of Ihara Saikaku |
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361 | (2) |
| Index |
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