PREFACE.
DIARY OF THE
GENJI MONOGATARI BY MURASAKI SHIKIB
INTRODUCTION BY THE TRANSLATOR G
GENJI MONOGATARI CHAPTER I THE CHAMBER OF KIRI [2] I
CHAPTER II THE BROOM-LIKE TREE H
CHAPTER III BEAUTIFUL CICADA G
CHAPTER IV EVENING GLORY I
CHAPTER V YOUNG VIOLET I
CHAPTER VI SAFFRON FLOWER T
CHAPTER VII MAPLE FeTE T
CHAPTER VIII FLOWER-FEAST T
CHAPTER IX HOLLYHOCK T
CHAPTER X DIVINE TREE
CHAPTER XI VILLA OF FALLING FLOWERS T
CHAPTER XII EXILE AT SUMA G
CHAPTER XIII EXILE AT AKASHI T
CHAPTER XIV THE BEACON G
CHAPTER XV OVERGROWN MUGWORT W
CHAPTER XVI BARRIER HOUSE W
CHAPTER XVII COMPETITIVE SHOW OF PICTURES T
CLASSICAL POETRY OF JAPAN [ Selections translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain ]
INTRODUCTION
BALLADS
ON SEEING A DEAD BODY
THE MAIDEN OF UNAHI [134]
THE GRAVE OF THE MAIDEN OF UNAHI
THE MAIDEN OF KATSUSHIKA
THE BEGGAR'S COMPLAINT [137]
A SOLDIER'S REGRETS ON LEAVING HOME
LOVE SONGS
LOVE IS PAIN
HITOMARO TO HIS MISTRESS
NO TIDINGS
HOMEWARD
THE MAIDEN AND THE DOG
LOVE IS ALL
HUSBAND AND WIFE
HE COMES NOT
HE AND SHE
THE PEARLS
A DAMSEL CROSSING A BRIDGE
SECRET LOVE
THE OMEN [143]
A MAIDEN'S LAMENT
RAIN AND SNOW
MOUNT MIKASH
EVENING
ELEGIES
ON THE DEATH OF THE POET'S MISTRESS
ELEGY ON THE POET'S WIFE
ON THE DEATH OF PRINCE HINAMI
ON THE DEATH OF THE NUN RIGUWAn
ON THE POET'S SON FURUBI
SHORT STANZA ON THE SAME OCCASION
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
THE MIKADO'S BOW [149]
SPRING AND AUTUMN
SPRING
RECOLLECTIONS OF MY CHILDREN
THE BROOK OF HATSÚSE
LINES TO A FRIEND
A VERY ANCIENT ODE
THE BRIDGE TO HEAVEN [150]
ODE TO THE CUCKOO
THE ASCENT OF MOUNT TSUKÚBA
COUPLET
SHORT STANZAS
THE DRAMA OF JAPAN [ Selected Plays, translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain ]
NAKAMITSU
ABSTRACTION [ The Japanese title is "Za-zen". ]
REPRINTED FROM "THE DAILY NEWS,"
WITH
SEVERAL NEW LETTERS AND PREFACE.
IN ONE VOLUME.
Second Edition, Revised.
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Transcriber's note: In this book there are inconsistencies in accentation and Capitalisation; these have been left as in the original. This book contains two chapters labeled XVII.
