Contents

Foreword	ix
Introduction	xviii
PART ONE THE TALE OF GENJI
List of Most Important Persons	2
Genealogical Tables	3
Kiritsubo	4
The Broom-Tree	18
Utsusemi	45
Yugao	52
Murasaki	80
The Saffron-Flower	109
The Festival of Red Leaves	129
The Flower Feast	147
Aoi	154
PART TWO THE SACRED TREE
List of Most Important Persons	186
Genealogical Tables	187
The Sacred Tree	188
The Village of Falling Flowers	223
Exile at Suma	226
Akashi	253
Tie Flood Gauge	283
The Palace in the Tangled Woods	306
A Meeting at the Frontier	323
The Picture Competition	327
The Wind in the Pine-Trees	343
PART THREE A WREATH OF CLOUD
List of Most Important Persons	360
A Wreath of Cloud	362
Asagao	383
The Maiden	398
Tamakatsura	434
The First Song of the Year	468
The Butterflies	480
The Glow-Worm	494
A Bed of Carnations	509
The Flares	527
The Typhoon	530
PART FOUR BLUE TROUSERS
List of Most Important Persons	542
The Royal Visit	544
Blue Trousers	562
Makibashira	567
The Spray of Plum-Blossom	594
Fuji No Uraba	604
Wakana, Part I	619
Wakana, Part II	654
Kashiwagi	685
The Flute	699
Yugiri	709
The Law	736
Mirage	744
PART FIVE THE LADY OF THE BOAT
List of Most Important Persons	754
Niou	756
Kobai	766
“Bamboo River”	774
The Bridge Maiden	800
At the Foot of the Oak-Tree	824
Agemaki	850
Fern-Shoots	905
The Mistletoe	917
PART SIX THE BRIDGE OF DREAMS
List of Most Important Persons	952
The Mistletoe (continued)	954
The Eastern House	973
Ukifune	1010
The Gossamer-Fly	1059
Writing-Practice	1100
The Bridge of Dreams	1145