CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1    Ancient Song and Poetry

Chapter 2    Long Poems and Short Poems

Chapter 3    Popular Songs

Chapter 4    Linked Verse

Chapter 5    Unorthodox Poems

Chapter 6    Comic Poems

Chapter 7    Poems in Chinese

Appendix 1: Technical Terms

Appendix 2: Aesthetic Ideals and Devices

Notes

Sources of Japanese Texts

Selected Bibliography

Index of Japanese Names, Titles, and Terms

Illustrations