Ancient period [To 794 A.D.]: Manyoshu; Luck of sea and luck of the mountains; Kaifuso
Heian period 9794-1185]: Kukai, Kukai and his master; Tales of Ise; Kokinshu; Ki No Tsurayuki, the tosa diary; Poetry from the six collections; Mother of Michitsuna, Kagero Nikki; Murasaki Shikibu, Yugao (from "The Tale of Genji"
Sei Shonagon, the pillow book; Murasaki Shikibu, diary; Daugher of Takasue, the Sarashina diary; Poetry in Chinese; Ryojin Hisho; Lady who loved insects
Kamakura period 01185-1333]: Tale of the Heike; Shinkokinshu; Kamo No Chomei, an account of my hut; Tales from the Uji collection; Captain of Naruto
Muromachi period [1333-1600]: Yoshida Kendo, essays in idleness; Exile of Godaigo; Seami Motokiyo, the art of the No; Plan of the No stage; Kanami Kiyotsugu, Sotoba Komachi; Seami Motokiyo, birds of sorrow; Seami Motokiyo, Atsumori; Seami Motokiyo, the Damask drum; bird-catcher in Hades; Busu; Poems in Chinese by Buddhist monks; Three poets at minase; Three priests
Tokugawa period 01600-1868]: Ihara Saikaku, what the seasons brought to the almanacmaker; Ihara Saikaku, the umbrella oracle; Ihara Saikaku, the eternal storehouse of Japan; Matsuo Basho, the narrow road of Oku; Matuso Basho, prose poem on the unreal dwelling; Mukai Kyorai, conversations with Kyorai; Kaiky by Basho and his school; Chikamatsu on the art of the puppet stage; Chikamatsu Monzaemon, the love suicides at Sonezaki; Ejima Kiseki, a wayward wife; Jippensha Ikku, Hizakurige; Takizawa Bakin, Shino and Hamaji; Haiku of the middle and late Tokugawa period; Waka of the Tokugawa period; Poetry and prose in Chinese.
From the Book - 1st Evergreen ed.
The luck of the sea and the luck of the mountains --
Kūkai and his master / Kūkai --
The Tosa diary / Ki No Tsurayuki --
Poetry from the six collections --
Kagerō Nikki / the mother of Michitsuna --
Yūgao (from "The tale of Genji") / Murasaki Shikibu --
The Sarashina diary / the daughter of Takasue --
The lady who loved insects --
An account of my hut / Kamo No Chōmei --
Tales from the Uji collection --
Essays in idleness / Yoshida Kenkō --
The art of the Nō / Seami Motokiyo --
Sotoba Komachi / Kanʼami Kiyotsugu --
Birds of sorrow / Seami Motokiyo --
Atsumori / Seami Motokiyo --
The damask drum / Seami Motokiyo --
The bird-catcher in Hades --
Poems in Chinese by Buddhist monks --
What the seasons brought to the almanac-maker / Ihara Saikaku --
The umbrella oracle / Ihara Saikaku --
The eternal storehouse of Japan / Ihara Saikaku --
The narrow road of Oku / Matsuo Bashō --
Prose poem on the unreal dwelling / Matsuo Bashō --
Conversations with Kyorai / Mukai Kyorai --
Haiku by Bashō and his school --
Chikamatsu on the art of the puppet stage --
The love suicides at Sonezaki / Chikamatsu Monzaemon --
A wayward wife / Ejima Kiseki --
Hizakurige / Jippensha Ikku --
Shino and Hamaji / Takizawa Bakin --
Haiku of the middle and late Tokugawa period --
Waka of the Tokugawa period --
Poetry and prose in Chinese.