Stirrups of Musashi: An Account of the Meireki Fire of 1657

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the Three-Volume Anthology ix
4. Preface to the Volume xiii
5. Introduction: Negotiating a New Literature 1
6. Notes for the Reader 63
7. Chronology 67
8. I. Characters and Manners, High and Low
9. The Poetic Competition of the Twelve Zodiac Animals 73
10. Twenty Local Paragons of Filial Impiety 100
11. Characters of Worldly Shop Clerks 118
12. II. Exploring Japan: Traveling the Freeways on Foot
13. Fact, Fantasy, and Foibles on the Roads and in the Cities 137
14. Denizens of Kyoto 138
15. Famous Places along the Tōkaidō 147
16. Glittering Highlights of Edo: Traces of Famous Places New and Old 153
17. A Journey to Ise: Some Sibling Scribbles 161
18. III. The Monstrous and the Weird
19. One Hundred Tales from the Various Provinces 173
20. The Bearded Lady of the Haunted House 196
21. IV. Staging the Supernatural: Heroism in Kamigata and Edo Theatre
22. A Courtesan’s Soul within Incense Smoke 221
23. Kagekiyo 239
24. V. Landscapes and Seasons
25. Saikaku’s Hundred Linked Verses, Annotated by Himself 263
26. Starving Poets, Courtesans, and Sandal Makers: Three Sequences from Bashō and His Disciples 276
27. The Peddler of Poems 277
28. Beneath the Trees 287
29. Throughout the Town 295
30. VI. Nature and Sentiments
31. Two-Needle Pine 307
32. The Jeweled Water Grass Anthology 317
33. VII. Love and Eros
34. The Tale of Zeraku 329
35. Puppets of Passion: Early Edo Songs 354
36. Lovebirds’ First Journey 356
37. Evening Mist over Mount Asama 360
38. To Toribe Mountain 364
39. A Puppet Master of the Floating World 367
40. VIII. Passions among Men
41. Mongrel Essays in Idleness 373
42. Male Colors Pickled with Pepperleaf Shoots 385
43. How a Pledge of Undying Love Was Reborn 387
44. The Back Side of Nō Chant 392
45. Bad Boy Morihisa, from Virtuoso Vocal Pieces: Beating Rhythm with a Fan 394
46. The Male Players’ “Takasago,” from Virtuoso Vocal Pieces: A Stacked Pair of Sake Cups 396
47. IX. Gossip, Reportage, and Advertising
48. Newfangled Spiels 401
49. Stirrups of Musashi: An Account of the Meireki Fire of 1657 410
50. A Garden of Words from the Boudoir 439
51. Rounding Out the Snowman 441
52. X. Laughing at Everyday Life
53. A Sackful of Wisecracks 447
54. Today’s Tales of Yesterday 450
55. Today’s Book of Jokes 451
56. This Year’s Jokes 451
57. Hand-Rolled for Laughter 452
58. Stories Told by Buzaemon 455
59. Jokes Told by Tsuyu 456
60. Jokes Worthy of Your Ear 459
61. Jokes Left by Rokyū 464
62. Jokes to Bloom in Summer Heat, early eighteenth century 466
63. Jokes for Side Stitches 467
64. Jokes from the God of Fortune 468
65. XI. Philosophizing the Ordinary
66. A Collection of Fallen Grains—Addendum 473
67. The Country Zhuangzi 481
68. A Book of Everyday Morals 489
69. Source Texts and Modern Editions 495
70. Contributors 503
71. Permissions 509
72. Index 511