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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| 'Failed Individualism' Observed in Japan: the Novels of Soseki Natsume (1867-1916) | |
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| Soseki's possible experience of racial prejudice during his visit to London, as a backdrop to the novel I Am a Cat | |
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| Soseki and his interpretation of Western individualism | |
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| Soseki's application of his theory of individualism in his work Kokoro (Mind) | |
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| English influences on Soseki's writing in Kokoro | |
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| 'Individualism-plus'--Henry James's The Beast in the Jungle | |
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| The Visit by Hiroshi Yosano (1873-1935) and Akiko Yosano (1878-1942) to France and England in 1912 | |
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| Hiroshi Yosano's observations of Western individualism, and his adoration of it, despite his identification with the group: From Paris | |
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| Akiko Yosano's opinions on the status of French women in society, and on the French women's movement; her feminism, and the importance of 'home' | |
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| Akiko Yosano's indentification with feminine individualism, and its assimilation and acceptance by the Japanese public; its role in some of her tanka poetry | |
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| Yukio Mishima (1925-70): His Love of Idiosyncracy and of 'Failed Groupism', in Parallel with His Romantic Escape into the Freedom of the Sea, Observed in His Work The Temple of the Golden Pavilion | |
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| Mishima's individualism | |
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| John Haylock's assessments of Mishima | |
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| Traces of a Different Sort of 'Groupism' in Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (b. 1949) | |
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| Shusaku Endo (1923-96): His Japanese Context and Its Importance in the Analysis of his Relationship with Francoise Pastre (1930-71) | |
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| Endo's love affair with Francoise | |
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| Endo's silence to Francoise about his marriage | |
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| The significance of Francoise as a reminder of Endo's Western experiences | |
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| Junko Ogura's reminiscence of Francoise Pastre | |
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| Endo's strong tendency to be extremely Japanese | |
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| Endo's advocacy of 'sad' aspects of Japanese Catholicism | |
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| Endo's evangelical activities depicted in his work | |
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| Correspondence between Francoise Pastre and Shusaku Endo | |
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| Genevieve Pastre | |
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| Keiichi Tate, and the first meeting between Francoise Pastre and Endo | |
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| Physical and cultural differences | |
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| Endo's misunderstanding of St. Peter's denial of Christ, as an underlying theme in Rodrigues' acknowledgment of Christ's permission to him to step on his icon (fumie) in The Silence; and the problem of Japanese lack of consciousness of the passage of time as its possible cause | |
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| Endo seen through Japanese eyes | |
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| Peter Owen on Endo | |
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| Genevieve Pastre's Article about Her Sister, Francoise | |
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| Introduction and commentary | |
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| Francoise Pastre's early life--her meeting with and parting from Endo--the devastating consequence of Endo's marriage--individualism versus groupism | |
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| Western individualism versus Japanese 'groupism' | |
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| Francoise's discovery of Japan and its beauty--glimpses of happiness found in Japan--her work translating Endo's The Silence, through which conflicts and a crisis between them arose--her views on teaching Japanese students, and her views on Japanese life and mentality | |
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| Francoise's conviction that 'He did love me'--her ignorance of her terminal condition--her fervent desire to return to Japan shortly before her death--her posthumous recognition from Dokkyo University and her Japanese colleagues and friends--Genevieve Pastre's final thoughts | |
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| Genevieve Pastre's article about Her sister Francoise: Original French Text | |
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| Genevieve Pastre's article about Her sister Francoise: English Translation | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary of Japanese Terms | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |