Preface, vii–ix.
Introduction: The Biographical Literature of Mori Ōgai, 1–7.
1. Biography in the Japanese Literary Tradition, 8–29.
2. On Literary Journalism and Self-Referentiality, 30–58.
3. The Shiden of Mori Ōgai: A Critical Overview, 59–86.
4. What has Ōgai Wrought? A Compendium of Shiden Topics and Themes, 87–120.
5. The Biographer and His Sources: On Documents, Informants, and the Literature of Fact, 121–42.
6. Mori Ōgai and the Biographical Quest, 143–76.
7. A Genealogy of Exemplary Lives: Shibue Chūsai and the Idealized Episode, 177–240.
8. A Miscellany of Biographical Anecdotes and Vignettes from Shibue Chūsai and Izawa Ranken, 241–73.
9. Conclusion, 274–86.
Abbreviations Used in Citations, 287.
Notes, 289–338.
Bibliography, 339–43.
Glossary, 345–51.
Index, 353–58.