Introduction -- The love suicides at Sonezaki (Sonezaki shinj) -- The battles of Coxinga (Kokusenya kassen) -- The uprooted pine (Nebiki no kadomatsu) -- The love suicides at Amijima (Shinj ten no Amijima) -- Appendix I: A note on prostitution in Chikamatsu's plays -- Appendix II: Contemporary puppet performances of Chikamatsu's plays.
