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