Contents -- Preface by Carmen Blacker -- Introduction by Santo- Kyo-den, translated by P.F. Kornicki -- Introduction by P.F. Kornicki -- Dramatis Personae -- CHAPTER ONE: The Straw Sandal of Spite -- CHAPTER TWO: The Candle before the Wind -- CHAPTER THREE: 'Secret Contrivances and Plots' -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Hovel of Strange Stratagems -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Gratitude of the Smallpox kami -- CHAPTER SIX: The Karmic Snake -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Curse of the Poisonous Rats -- CHAPTER EIGHT: A Swift Horse on a Dark Night -- CHAPTER NINE: The Peril of the Wayside Temple -- CHAPTER TEN: The Vision of Fallen Leaves -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Biwa with the Broken String -- CHAPTER TWELVE: The Drums of Hell -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Turmoil at the Temple -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Saviour from the Enemy House -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Luck of the Solitary Goose -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Strange Power of the Old Master -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Snowy Valley and the Bear that Got Away -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Quarrel in the Pleasure Quarter -- CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Lightning Sword -- CHAPTER TWENTY: The Reward of Virtue -- APPENDIX A Lost Fragment.