| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | 7 | |
| LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT PERSONS | 11 | |
| GENEALOGICAL TABLES | 13 | |
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | KIRITSUBO | 17 |
| II. | THE BROOM-TREE | 39 |
| III. | UTSUSEMI | 81 |
| IV. | YŪGAO | 92 |
| V. | MURASAKI | 135 |
| VI. | THE SAFFRON-FLOWER | 180 |
| VII. | THE FESTIVAL OF RED LEAVES | 211 |
| VIII. | THE FLOWER FEAST | 239 |
| IX. | AOI | 250 |
| APPENDICES | 297 |