Acknowledgements, ii.
Preface, iii–vii.
I. Introduction, 1–81. The Formative Years, 1862 to 1899, 1–13. Exile and Return, 1899 to 1904, 13–23. The Russo-Japanese War, 1904 to 1905, 23–70. Homecoming, 1906, 70–81.
II. Ōgai’s Emergence as Novelist, 1905 to 1912, 82–193. Apollonian-Dionysian Dualism, 82–87. Literary Activities, 1906 to 1909, 87–102. The Fiction, 1909 to 1912, 102–126. Half the Day, 102–11. Vita Sexualis, 111–26. The Text, 111–22. Censorship, 122–26. The Great Treason Trial and the Fiction in Reaction, 126–53. Young Man, 153–76. Ashes, 176–84. The Wild Goose, 184–89. The Suicide of General Nogi, 189–193.
III. The Historical Novellas, 1912 to Early 1914, 194–374. Introduction, 194–98. Testament of Okitsu Yagoemon, 198–216. The Abe Family, 216–55. Sahashi Jingorō, 255–73. The Gojiin-ga-hara Vendetta, 273–99. Ōshio Heihachirō, 299–336. The Sakai Incident, 336–74.
Postscript, 375–404.
Character List, 405–11.
List of References, 411a–14.