| Preface | vii |
| Introduction | xv |
| 13 |
| The Reign of Go-Daigo Tenno and the Prosperity of the Military | 3 |
| The Abolition of the Barriers | 6 |
| The Nomination of a Consort and the Matter of Lady Sammi | 8 |
| The Princes | 10 |
| The Inner Princess Prays for a Safe Delivery; the Matter of Toshimoto's Feigned Seclusion | 12 |
| The Band of Roisterers and Gen'e's Discourses on Literature | 14 |
| Yorikazu Changes His Loyalty | 18 |
| Suketomo and Toshimoto Go Down to the Kanto; the Imperial Message | 24 |
| 228 |
| The Imperial Journeys to the Southern Capital and the Northern Peak | 28 |
| The Arrest of the Monks and Their Removal to Rokuhara; Tameakira's Poem | 31 |
| The Three Monks Go Down to the Kanto | 33 |
| Toshimoto no Ason Goes Back to the Kanto | 38 |
| The Opinion of Nagasaki Shinsaemon-no-jo and the Matter of Master Kumawaka | 42 |
| The Execution of Toshimoto and the Matter of Sukemitsu | 51 |
| Marvelous Things in the Realm | 54 |
| Morokata Climbs the Mountain; The Battle of Karasaki Beach | 57 |
| The Highnesses of the Jimyoin Go to Rokuhara | 62 |
| The Coming of the Supreme Highness Is Found to Be a Deceit, Wherefore the Heart of the Mountain Gate Changes; Also, the Matter of Chi Hsin | 63 |
| 367 |
| The Dream of the Supreme Highness and the Matter of Kusunoki | 67 |
| The Battle of Kasagi; How Suyama and Komiyama Attacked by Night | 70 |
| The Supreme Highness Flees from Kasagi | 79 |
| The Battle of Akasaka Castle | 85 |
| Sakurayama's Suicide | 91 |
| 493 |
| The Captives of Kasagi Are Put to Death or Sent into Exile; The Matter of Lord Fujifusa | 93 |
| The Verse of the Seven-Year-Old Prince | 100 |
| The Matter of the First Prince and the Prince of the Myohoin | 101 |
| Chun Ming-chi Visits the Palace | 103 |
| The Grief of the Inner Princess | 104 |
| The Former Sovereign Goes into Exile | 105 |
| The Matter of Bingo no Saburo Takanori; the Fighting Between Wu and Yueh | 107 |
| 5127 |
| The Enthronement of the Highness of the Jimyoin | 127 |
| Lord Nobufusa Serves Two Masters | 128 |
| The Extinction of the New Perpetual Lamp of the Central Hall | 130 |
| The Sagami Lay Monk Amuses Himself with Field Music; the Matter of the Dog Fights | 131 |
| How Tokimasa Shut Himself Up at Enoshima to Pray | 133 |
| The Prince of the Great Pagoda Flees to Kumano | 135 |
| 6150 |
| The Dream of Lady Mimbukyo | 150 |
| Kusunoki Goes to the Tennoji; The Matter of Suda, Takahashi, and Utsunomiya | 152 |
| Masashige Beholds the forecast of the Tennoji | 160 |
| The Prince of the Great Pagoda Issues a Command to the Lay Monk Akamatsu Enshin | 162 |
| A Host from the Kanto Goes Up to the Capital | 163 |
| The Battle of Akasaka; How Hitomi and Homma Went before Others | 166 |
| 7175 |
| The Battle of Yoshino Castle | 175 |
| The Battle of Chihaya Castle | 181 |
| Nitta Yoshisada Receives an Imperial Mandate | 188 |
| The Rising of Akamatsu | 190 |
| Doi and Tokuno Raise Their Banners | 191 |
| The Former Sovereign Goes to Funanoe | 192 |
| The Battle of Funanoe | 198 |
| 8201 |
| The Battle of Maya, and the Battles of Sakabe and Segawa | 201 |
| The Battle of the Twelfth Day of the Third Month | 205 |
| The Highness of the Jimyoin Goes to Rokuhara | 209 |
| The Sacred Rituals in the Palaces of the Emperor and the Retired Emperor; The Battle of Yamazaki | 214 |
| The Soldier-Monks of the Enryakuji Invade the Capital | 217 |
| The Battle of the Third Day of the Fourth Month, and the Valor of Mega Magosaburo | 221 |
| The Supreme Highness Performs the Rites of the Golden Wheel; Lord Chigusa Fights in the Capital | 228 |
| The Fire at the Tani-no-do Temple | 235 |
| 9237 |
| Lord Ashikaga Goes Up to the Capital | 237 |
| The Attack on Yamazaki and the Battle of Koganawate | 240 |
| Lord Ashikaga Crosses Beyond Oe Mountain | 244 |
| Lord Ashikaga Comes to Shinomura, Whereupon the Men of the Provinces Gallop to Join Him | 246 |
| Takauji Offers Up a Petition at Shinomura Hachiman Shrine | 250 |
| The Attack on Rokuhara | 253 |
| The Flight of the Supreme Highness and the Former Emperors | 259 |
| The Suicide of Nakatoki and His Warriors | 266 |
| The Fifth Prince Captures the Supreme Highness and the Former Emperors; the Minister Sukena Renounces the World | 270 |
| The Defeat of the Chihaya Attackers | 271 |
| 10273 |
| Master Senjuo Flees from Okura Valley | 273 |
| The Revolt of Nitta Yoshisada; How a Goblin Summoned the Armies of Echigo | 274 |
| Miura Otawa Speaks of Warfare | 281 |
| The Battle of Kamakura | 285 |
| The Suicide of the Akahashi Governor of Sagami; Homma's Suicide | 287 |
| A Beach Appears at Inamura Cape | 289 |
| War Fires in Kamakura; the Bravery of Nagasaki and His Son | 292 |
| Daibutsu Sadanao and Kanazawa Sadamasa Die in Battle | 295 |
| Shinnin Dies by His Own Hand | 296 |
| The Suicide of Shioda and His Son | 297 |
| The Suicide of the Shiaku Lay Monk | 298 |
| The Suicide of the Ando Lay Monk; The Matter of Wang Ling of Han | 299 |
| Master Kameju Flees to Shinano; Sakon-no-taifu Escapes in Disguise to Oshu | 301 |
| The Last Battle of Nagasaki Jiro Takashige | 305 |
| Takatoki and His Kinsmen Kill Themselves at the Toshoji Temple | 310 |
| 11312 |
| Godaiin Uemon Muneshige Deceives Sagami Taro | 312 |
| The Generals Send Couriers to Funanoe | 315 |
| The Emperor Visits Shosha Mountain; Nitta's Report | 317 |
| Masashige Comes to Hyogo; the Emperor Returns to the Capital | 320 |
| The Battle of Tsukushi | 322 |
| The Surrender of the Military Governor of Nagato | 326 |
| The Suicide of the Steward of Ushi-ga-hara in Echizen | 328 |
| The Suicide of the Protector of Etchu; the Matter of the Unquiet Spirits | 330 |
| The Punishment of the Besiegers of Mount Kongo; the Matter of Sakai Sadatoshi | 334 |
| 12340 |
| The Court Governs Alone | 340 |
| The Building of the Great Palace Enclosure; the Matter of the Shrine of Sugawara no Michizane | 346 |
| The Rites for the Pacification of the State, and the Rewards Given to the Grand Marshals | 363 |
| The Extravagance of Lord Chigusa and the Monk Reformer Monkan; the Matter of the Most Holy Gedatsu | 365 |
| Hiroari Shoots a Strange Bird | 371 |
| The Matter of the Garden of Divine Waters | 374 |
| The Banishment of the Princely Minister of Military Affairs; the Matter of Lady Li | 379 |
| Character List | 389 |
| Index | 393 |