Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. CHAPTER ONE. Climbing the Stairs of Poetry: Kanshi, Print, and Writership in Nineteenth- Century Japan 1
6. CHAPTER TWO. Not the Kind of Poetry Men Write: “Fragrant- Style” Kanshi and Poetic Masculinity in Meiji Japan 34
7. CHAPTER THREE. Clamorous Frogs and Verminous Insects: Nippon and Political Haiku, 1890– 1900 82
8. CHAPTER FOUR. Shiki’s Plebeian Poetry: Haiku as “Commoner Literature,” 1890– 1900 117
9. CHAPTER FIVE. The Unmanly Poetry of Our Times: Shiki, Tekkan, and Waka Reform, 1890– 1900 147
10. Conclusion 192
11. Notes 201
12. Bibliography 253
13. Index 265