Intrduction
Shotoku Taishi and Princess Parsley 3
The Daimyo and the Bullocks 9
The Sagacious Monkey and the Boar 11
The Subchaplain and Kiyomori\'s Concubine 19
Kyusuke the Honest 23
The Crows and the Archers 35
The Painter and the Shirabyoshi 37
Winning Without Hands
The Fox in the Brothel 49
The Bonze\'s Three Prescriptions 56
Taiko-sama\'s Eight Afterthoughts 60
Lord Shuzen and the Talking Horse 67
The Straw-Hat Temple 76
Jinnai and the Bonze Dentatsu 78
Oöka and the Lawless Stripling 88
Oöka and the Pilfered Tachibana Fruit 91
Oöka and the Pickpockets 94
Oöka and the Arithmeticians 98
Oöka and the Carpenter-Convert 100
Oöka and theThumb-Tied Moneylender 104
The Three Bridges 108
Li Naoto and His Wife Osada 110
The Tale of Chobei 115
The *HowNow!* Teacup 124
Glossary 133
Note on Chronology and Page Decorations 137