Preliminaries; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 A NIGHT IN NIIGATA; CHAPTER 2 GULLIVER UNDERSTOOD; CHAPTER 3 MISSING PERSONS; CHAPTER 4 PAUL ABOUT HIMSELF; CHAPTER 5 SOUTH INTO SANJO; CHAPTER 6 LETTERS TO THE PAST; CHAPTER 7 100 SACKS OF RICE; CHAPTER 8 SHIRLEY'S CLOAK; CHAPTER 9 FEUDAL FACSIMILE; CHAPTER 10 JACK'S EPIC; CHAPTER 11 AN ORDERLY TOWN; CHAPTER 12 GOLF AND TULIPS; CHAPTER 13 THE SCENE CHANGES; CHAPTER 14 TRADING TERMS; CHAPTER 15 AMID THE TALL CEDARS; CHAPTER 16 ONCE WERE ANIMALS; CHAPTER 17 MATSUE'S LIFE; CHAPTER 18 PUPPETS FEEL NO PAIN.