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Start of eBook	1
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS	1
THE LOVES OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI	18
KAZUMA’S REVENGE	35
A STORY OF THE OTOKODATE OF YEDO;	47
THE STORY OF GOMPACHI AND KOMURASAKI	47
NOTE ON ASAKUSA	70
NOTE ON THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.	84
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF FUNAKOSHI JIUYEMON	85
THE ETA MAIDEN AND THE HATAMOTO	103
NOTE	117
FAIRY TALES	119
THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW	119
THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEA-KETTLE	120
THE CRACKLING MOUNTAIN	122
THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO BLOSSOM	123
THE BATTLE OF THE APE AND THE CRAB	125
THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING	126
THE FOXES’ WEDDING	128
THE HISTORY OF SAKATA KINTOKI	128
THE ELVES AND THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR	130
THE GHOST OF SAKURA	130
NOTE.	154
HOW TAJIMA SHUME WAS TORMENTED BY A DEVIL OF HIS OWN CREATION	158
CONCERNING CERTAIN SUPERSTITIONS	162
THE VAMPIRE CAT OF NABESHIMA	163
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL CAT	167
HOW A MAN WAS BEWITCHED AND HAD HIS HEAD SHAVED BY THE FOXES	169
THE GRATEFUL FOXES	172
THE BADGER’S MONEY	178
THE PRINCE AND THE BADGER	181
JAPANESE SERMONS	183
JAPANESE SERMONS	183
SERMON I	188
SERMON II	196
SERMON III	205
APPENDICES	212
APPENDIX A	212
ON THE PREPARATION OF THE PLACE OF EXECUTION	214
	219
ON CERTAIN THINGS TO BE BORNE IN MIND BY THE WITNESSES.	222
CONCERNING SECONDS (KAISHAKU).	225
APPENDIX B	237
NOTE.	244
ON THE BIRTH AND BEARING OF CHILDREN	245
FUNERAL RITES	249
NOTE.	251

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