Steven D. Carter 
The Columbia Anthology of Japanese Essays [EPUB ebook] 
Zuihitsu from the Tenth to the Twenty-First Century

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Beginnings
1. The Pillow Book, by Sei Shonagon
2. Essays in Idleness, by Yoshida no Kenko
Part II. The Late Medieval Era
3. Conversations with Shotetsu, by Shotetsu
4. ‘To Unify the Nation and Restore Civil Society’, by Ichijo Kaneyoshi
5. ‘Cottage of Dreams’ and ‘Three Loves’, by Shohaku
6. A Tenbun Miscellany, by The Fujiwara Lay Monk
Part III. The Edo Period
7. Laughs to Keep You Awake, by Anrakuan Sakuden
8. ‘On Ohara’, by Kinoshita Choshoshi
9. Haikai Prose, by Matsuo Basho
10. Amusements, by Amenomori Hoshu
11. Window Musings, by Matsuzaki Kanran
12. A Miscellany of Stories, by Morita Morimasa
13. Chats with Myself, by Dazai Shundai
14. Jeweled Comb Basket, by Motoori Norinaga
15. Idle Chats Beneath a Northern Window, by Tachibana Nankei
16. Blossoms and the Moon, by Matsudaira Sadanobu
17. Year by Year: A Miscellany, by Ishiwara Masaakira
18. Behind the Koto, by Murata Harumi
19. Shunparo’s Jottings, by Shiba Kokan
20. Unusual People of the Modern Age and Kanden’s Crop of Jottings, by Ban Kokei
21. Hoary Stories, by Tadano Makuzu
22. Haikai Prose, by Natsume Seibi
23. Clouds of Floating Grasses
Part IV. The Modern Period
24. Autumn Ensemble, by Higuchi Ichiyo
25. Short Works from Long Days, by Natsume Soseki
26. ‘Snow’, by Tokutomi Roka
27. ‘Desk’, by Tayama Katai
28. ‘Fireworks’, by Nagai Kafu
29. ‘Laughter’, by Terada Torahiko
30. ‘Various Thoughts on the Great Kanto Earthquake’ and ‘My Moral Precepts for Everyday Life’, by Kikuchi Kan
31. ‘Master Hyakken’s Idle Fantasies, ‘ ‘Bumpy Road, ‘ and ‘A Long Fence’, by Uchida Hyakken
32. ‘The Image of an Author’, by Dazai Osamu
33. ‘Baby Sparrow, ‘ ‘Turtledoves, ‘ and ‘Morning Glories’, by Shiga Naoya
34. Esprit and Humor, by Kawamori Yoshizo
35. ‘Sleepless Nights’ and ‘A Bed for My Books’, by Osaragi Jiro
36. ‘On Being Down with a Cold’, by Kawakami Tetsutaro
37. ‘The Road’, by Shono Junzo
38. ‘Kitchen, ‘ ‘Raindrops, ‘ and ‘A Memento of the Season’, by Koda Aya
39. ‘On Surgery’ and ‘Rainy Day’, by Kono Taeko
40. ‘Looking for Gloves’, by Mukoda Kuniko
41. One, We Count, Then . . . , by Takenishi Hiroko
42. Sunday Musings, by Hiraiwa Yumie
43. Not Much of a Book, but Please… and Just Be Sure You’re Not a Bother to Anyone, by Dekune Tatsuro
44. ‘Myna Bird’, by Kizaki Satoko
45. ‘Concerning the Order of Culture’, by Shiroyama Saburo
46. ‘On Zuihitsu’, by Sakai Junko

Steven D. Carter is Yamato Ichihashi Chair in Japanese History and Civilization at Stanford University. His numerous books include
Haiku Before Haiku: From the Renga Masters to Basho,
Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen Monk Shotetsu, and
Waiting for the Wind: Thirty-Six Poets of Japan’s Late Medieval Age.