The Master-Singers of Japan, by Clara A. Walsh, [1914]
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| Introduction | 13 |
| Prelude | 20 |
| On the View from Mount Kagu, by the Mikado Jomei ("Manyôshiu") | 21 |
| Love-Lay by the Mikado Temmu ("Manyôshiu") | 21 |
| Spring and Autumn, by Princess Nukata ("Manyôshiu") | 22 |
| Hitómaro, notes on | 23 |
| On the Death of his Wife ("Manyôshiu") | 23 |
| On Prince Naga Hunting | 25 |
| On Prince Karu's Retirement (Lay 12, "Manyôshiu") | 26 |
| On Parting from his Wife | 27 |
| On the Death of his Wife at Kara (Lay 27, "Manyôshiu") | 27 |
| Envoy on Death of his Wife | 29 |
| Akáhito, notes on | 29 |
| On Waka's Shore | 29 |
| On Viewing Fuji | 30 |
| On passing the Tomb of the Maid of Mama | 30 |
| Ruined Chapel of Takechi, by Kamo no Kimitari-Hito | 31 |
| By the Wide Sea, by Kuramochi no Asomi Chitosē (Lay 78, "Manyôshiu") | 32 |
| Sighs | 32 |
| A Loyal Wish, by Tanobe Sakimaro ("Manyôshiu") | 33 |
| Lines to a Friend (Lay 117, "Manyôshiu") | 34 |
| On the Ascent to Heaven of the Mikado, by A Lady of the Court ("Manyôshiu") | 35 |
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| Yakamochi, notes on | 38 |
| Cuckoo and Wistaria | 36 |
| Pearls of Awabi | 37 |
| The New Year (Last Lay of the "Manyôshiu") | 38 |
| Pink and Lily (Part of Lay 232, "Manyôshiu") | 38 |
| On the Cuckoo singing in another's Garden | 39 |
| To his Hawk | 40 |
| Impermanence (Lay 233, "Manyôshiu") | 41 |
| To his Wife | 42 |
| Chinese Poem (written to his Friend Ikenushi) | 43 |
| Plum-blossom—A Hero | 44 |
| Lay by Ikenushi to his Friend Yakamochi | 45 |
| Omi Okura, notes on | 46 |
| To bring back the Froward | 46 |
| On Tanabata Night | 47 |
| The Gift ("Manyôshiu") | 48 |
| The Moon-Lord's Elixir ("Manyôshiu")—The Ghost | 49 |
| A Mother's Farewell to her Son ("Manyôshiu") | 50 |
| A Lament ("Manyôshiu") | 50 |
| A Lay of Complaint (Lady Sakanohe no Isatsune) | 51 |
| Drowned (Lay 194, "Manyôshiu") | 52 |
| To a Lady crossing a Bridge alone ("Manyôshiu") | 53 |
| In Azuma—A Wish ("Manyôshiu") | 54 |
| The Moon's Voyage (Prince Aki) | 55 |
| Short Poems from Manyôshiu: Willows; Blossomtime | 55 |
| Sugiwaha no Michizane, notes on | 56 |
| The Offering | 66 |
| Spring Showers (Fujiwara Toshiyuki) | 56 |
| Kino Tsurayuki, notes on | 57 |
| Tanka from the "Tosa Nikki" | 57 |
| Brown Sails upon the Sea—The Wild Geese | 58 |
| Plum-blossom and Snow | 59 |
| Tanka from "Kokinshiu": Remembrance—Plum-blossom | 69 |
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| Tanka from "Kokinshiu" (continued)— | |
| Vanishing—The Leaves—The Tomb—The Dream | 60 |
| Song of Mionoseki—Passing—Illusion | 61 |
| The Lightning (Minamoto no Jun) | 61 |
| Evanescence (Minamoto no Jun) | 62 |
| The Sleeve | 62 |
| Dew-sprinkled—Evening Mists—The White Cloud (Minamoto no Jun) | 63 |
| Frogs and Kerrie Blooms—The Dawn ("Manyôshiu") | 64 |
| Wistaria ("Manyôshiu") | 65 |
| In Praise of Sake (Ōtomo no Yakamochi) | 65 |
| The Legend of the River of Souls | 66 |
| Cherry-blossom—The Flowers | 68 |
| A Portrait—New Year (Ikuju)—One and Many | 69 |
| Transcience (Komachi)—Old Samurai Prayer | 70 |
| Ancient Wedding Song | 70 |
| At Sakusa—hill of Meeting (Semi-Maro) | 71 |
| Slumber Song of Izumo | 71 |
| Children's Songs: Butterfly Song—Snail Song | 72 |
| Siege Song—Lover's Lament (from "Isé Monogatari") | 73 |
| Frogs at Night—Fuji (Arikoto) | 74 |
| Spring Wind and Willows (Tahira no Kanemori) | 74 |
| The Snowfall (Kujohara)—Illusion (Sakanouhe) | 75 |
| Deserted Garden (Sadaijin)—Blossom-time (Norinobu) | 76 |
| At the End of the Year (Tsuraki) | 76 |
| Jewels of Autumn (Kiyomasa) | 77 |
| Dew-drenched Autumn Leaves | 77 |
| Seclusion—Old Battle-field (Yorihira)—Autumn Moon Thoughts | 78 |
| Wind in Autumn—Illusions—Hailstones | 79 |
| The Riverside—The Cut Chrysanthemum—The First Snow | 80 |
| Why?—Mirage—Across the Hills | 81 |
| Falling Leaves—In Winter-time—Flowering Grasses (Motosuki) | 82 |
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| Rejoicing—Light of Dharmakâya—Ghost Dragon-flies | 83 |
| A Plaint—Brocade—At Jizō's Shrine | 84 |
| The Blossom-Offering (Hujyō) | 85 |
| Late Cherry-Bloom (Shōni no Myōfu) | 86 |
| Tears (Fujiwara Tada-Kuni)—Perfume and Beauty (Kawara no Sadaijin) | 86 |
| Sea-foam: Flowers of the Sea-waves (Yasuhide) | 87 |
| Poverty (Ransetsu)—Isolation (Isé) | 87 |
| Spring Days and Blossom—Over the Fence (Isé) | 88 |
| Passing of the Spring—Faded Hues (Motoyoshi)—Frogs Croaking | 89 |
| Cloud of Blossom—Absent (Sugawara Adaijin) | 90 |
| Hototogisu: The Cuckoo (Sanesada) | 90 |
| Hototogisu—Brocade of Autumn | 91 |
| Autumn Thoughts (Masato)—The Barrier at Nakoso | 92 |
| Dragon-flies—Cherry-blossom (Tomonori)—Glory of Yoshino (Teitoku) | 93 |
| Saigyō-Hōshi, notes on | 94 |
| Fellow-Travellers—At Isé Temple | 94 |
| The Moon-night—The Spring | 95 |
| Autumn Evening's Loneliness | 95 |
| A Fragment from the "Heike Monogatari" | 98 |
| The Shogun Sanetomo, notes on | 98 |
| Loyalty—Presentiment | 98 |
| Teika Kyo, notes on | 99 |
| Autumn Evening by the Sea | 99 |
| The Dragon-fly (Chiyo) | 99 |
| Existence—Morning Glory (Chiyo) | 100 |
| The Night—The Infant | 100 |
| Kamo No Chōmei, notes on | 101 |
| The Moonrise | 101 |
| The Moon and the River | 102 |
| Moonlight on the Pine-trees | 102 |
| The Fallen Maple-leaves | 103 |
| Bright Moon in Autumn | 103 |
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| The Butterfly (Moritake) | 103 |
| White Chrysanthemums (Ochikochi no Mitsune) | 104 |
| The Morning Glory—Siesta (Matsunaga) | 104 |
| Keichiu, notes on | 105 |
| The Coming of Spring | 105 |
| Bashō, notes on | 106 |
| Contrasts | 106 |
| The Full Moon—The Pond | 107 |
| Sakura—A Sketch | 107 |
| Motoori Norinaga, notes on | 108 |
| Yamato Damashü (Soul of Japan) | 108 |
| The Bamboo Flute (Shiroi Ukō) | 109 |
| Bushido (Tenshu Nishimura) | 112 |
| Loyal unto Death | 115 |
| T.I.M. The Emperor and Empress, notes on | 116 |
| Lines written during the Russo-Japanese War (H.I.M. the Emperor) | 116 |
| In Time of Peace (the Emperor) | 117 |
| Fuji (the Emperor) | 117 |
| The Shrine (H.I.M. the Empress) | 117 |
| The River (the Empress) | 118 |
| In Spring (the Empress) | 118 |
| National Anthem | 119 |
| Envoy—The East to the West | 120 |