Straw Sandal

Preface by Carmen Blacker xi Introduction by Santo Kyoden, translated by P.F. Kornicki xiii Introduction by P.F. Kornicki xv Dramatis Personae xix List of Illustrations xxiii CHAPTER ONE: The Straw Sandal of Spite 1 CHAPTER TWO: The Candle before the Wind 8 CHAPTER THREE: 'Secret Contrivances and Plots' 19 CHAPTER FOUR: The Hovel of Strange Stratagems 23 CHAPTER FIVE: The Gratitude of the Smallpox kami 30 CHAPTER SIX: The Karmic Snake 38 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Curse of the Poisonous Rats 43 CHAPTER EIGHT: A Swift Horse on a Dark Night 49 CHAPTER NINE: The Peril of the Wayside Temple 60 CHAPTER TEN: The Vision of Fallen Leaves 65 CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Biwa with the Broken String 69 CHAPTER TWELVE: The Drums of Hell 87 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Turmoil at the Temple 92 CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Saviour from the Enemy House 103 CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Luck of the Solitary Goose 116 CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Strange Power of the Old Master 122 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Snowy Valley and the Bear that Got Away 128 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Quarrel in the Pleasure Quarter 140 CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Lightning Sword 145 CHAPTER TWENTY: The Reward of Virtue 158 APPENDIX: A Lost Fragment 165