Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction XI
5. PART I. WISDOM
6. 1. Mount Matsuba in Early Spring 1
7. 2. The Cloud-Clearing Shadow 5
8. 3. In the Ear the Same Word Resounds 7
9. 4. They Did Not Know What Was in the Drum 8
10. 5. The Wonderful Potion That Calls One's Name 11
11. 6. Twins Who Break a Blood Tie 13
12. 7. Nine Drinks of Sake—and Living 15
13. 8. A Gift of a False Sleeve 16
14. PART II. DISTINCTION
15. 1. The Short Bow of the Ten-night Nembutsu 23
16. 2. The Overtones of Kanehira 25
17. 3. The Fifty-night Dream of Buddha 27
18. 4. Bitter Feelings over Marriage to a Neighbor 29
19. 5. Day Laborers Cost the Capital Money 30
20. 6. Bills for Sea Bream, Octopus, and Perch 33
21. 7. Something for the Deaf to Hear 33
22. 8. The Departed Spirit Facing the Mountain of Swords 36
23. 9. A Kyoto Wife with Clear Title Is Sent Away 38
24. PART III. THOUGHT
25. 1. Gowns through Which Evil Deeds Show 43
26. 2. A Note Disappears but Honesty Stands 45
27. 3. A Well for the Life Hereafter 46
28. 4. A Loser, A Finder 47
29. 5. Nembutsus Sold; Metals Chime 49
30. 6. Wait and the Sums Will Match 50
31. 7. "Spend the Money" Makes an Unusual Will 51
32. 8. Vase Dug Up, a Vessel for Greed 53
33. 9. Warbler on the Branch Makes a Wife Cry 54
34. PART IV. COMPASSION
35. 1. A Wise Woman's Fib 61
36. 2. Two Choices: One Good, One Bad 64
37. 3. What He Finds Is a Dream Love-Affair 65
38. 4. The Sickle Unreturned 66
39. 5. Capital Mistresses 67
40. 6. Capital People on Pilgrimage—Blossoms on Dead Branches 69
41. 7. A Contrivance Cast on the Waters of the Katsura River 70
42. 8. A Brazen Servant Reveals His Own Foulness 71
43. 9. Biwa Music Reveals a Clue 74
44. PART V. FORGIVENESS
45. 1. Palace Prints Covered with Cherry Blossoms 81
46. 2. An Order to Pile up Four or Five Bowls 83
47. 3. Pulse-taking Priest Thumps a Thief 84
48. 4. Without Two Parties Present the Storehouse Does Not Open 85
49. 5. A Life Hangs on the Tip of a Writing Brush 86
50. 6. A Memory Device Tied to the Little Finger 88
51. 7. A Man with a Mind Manifest in Smoke 89
52. 8. They Knew the Name but Not the Face 91
53. 9. Transmitting the Noh Master's Art 93
54. Measure Equivalents 97
55. Index to the Notes 99
56. Asian Studies at Hawaii 103