Kabuki in a social and historical perspective -- Illustrating the world of kabuki -- Retellings of plays and dance drama -- Love letters from the licensed quarter -- The Soga brothers' revenge -- Wait a moment! -- Umegawa and Chūbei -- Sukeroku, the flower of Edo -- Watōnai and the Battles of Coxinga -- The pirate Kezori and the girl from Hakata -- The exile of Priest Shunkan -- Abe Yasuna and the white fox woman, Kuzunoha -- The secret art of rowing backwards -- Usuyuki and the cursed sword -- Priest Narukami and the rain dragon -- The summer festival -- Sugawara's secrets of calligraphy -- Yoshitsune and the thousand cherry trees -- Chūshingura, the story of the loyal retainers -- Two butterflies, Chōgorō and Chōkichi -- The battle of Ichinotani -- The maiden at the Dōjō temple (dance) -- Filial piety and the secret books of strategy -- The yaguchi ferry and the magic arrows -- Imoseyama, an example of womanly virtue -- The subscription list (dance) -- Nikki Danjō and the disputed succession -- Disfigured Kasane -- Kagamiyama, an example of women's loyalty -- Love at the snow-covered barrier gate (dance) -- Godairiki, five great powers that secure love -- Ume Yoshibei and the stolen poem card -- The last days of Akechi Mitsuhide -- The scandalous love of Osome and Hisamatsu -- Scabbards brushing in the Yoshiwara -- A ghost story at Yotsuya on the Tōkaidō -- Asagao, diary of a morning glory -- The love affair of Otomi and Scarfaced Yosaburō -- Benten, the thief -- The austerities of Mongaku.
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