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Introduction; Preface; Part I: 1. Love: the contest between two forces;2. The ABCs of boy love; 3. Within the fence: pine, maple, and a willowwaist; 4. Love letter sent in a sea bass; 5. Implicated by his diamond crest;Part II: 6. A sword his only memento; 7. Though bearing an umbrella, he wasrained upon; 8. His head shaved on the path of dreams; 9. Aloeswood boy ofthe east; 10. Nightingale in the snow; Part III: 11. Grudge provoked by asedge hat; 12. Tortured to death with snow on his sleeve; 13. The sword thatsurvived love's flames; 14. The sickbed no medicine could cure; 15. He fellin love when the mountain rose was in bloom; Part IV: 16. Drowned by love inwinecups of pearly nautilus shells; 17. The boy who sacrificed his life inthe robes of his lover; 18. They waited three years to die; 19. Two oldcherry trees still in bloom; 20. Handsome youths having fun cause trouble fora temple; Part V. 21. Tears in a paper shop; 22. He pleaded for his life atMitsudara Hachiman; 23. Love's flame kindled by a flint seller; 24. Visitingfrom Edo, suddenly a monk; 25. Votive picture of Kichiya riding a horse; PartVI: 26. A huge winecup overflowing with love; 27. Kozakura's figure: graftedbranches of a cherry tree; 28. The man who resented another's shouts; 29. Asecret visit leads to the wrong bed; 30. A terrible shame he never performedin the capital; Part VII: 31. Fireflies also work their asses at night; 32.An onnagata's tosa diary; 33. An unworn robe to remember him by; 34. Bambooclappers strike the hateful number; 35. Nails hammered into an amateurpainting; Part VIII: 36. A verse sung by a goblin with a beautiful voice; 37.Siamese roosters and the reluctant farewell; 38. Loved by a man in a box; 39.The Koyama barrier keeper; 40. Who wears the incense graph dyed in herheart?; Notes; English translations of Ihara Saikaku; Index.