Introduction, ii–x.
Acknowledgements, xi.
Chapter 1: Ōgai and the Problem of Self, 12–29.
Chapter 2: Ōgai and his Age, 30–34.
Chapter 3: Ōgai in Kokura, 35–37.
Chapter 4: Eros and Transgression, 38–68.
Chapter 5: Ōgai and the “Desolate Emptiness”, 69–92.
Chapter 6: Belief and Resignation, 93–109.
Chapter 7: Looking Beyond, 110–24.
Conclusion, 125–28.
Appendix — Translations
Main House, Branch House, 129–46.
Ōshio Heihachirō, 147–234.
A Streetcar Window, 235–43.
Select Bibligraphy, 244–48.