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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: The Production and Consumption of Literature in a Flourishing Metropolis | |
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| Notes for the Reader | |
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| Playboys, Prostitutes, and Lovers | |
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| Seki the Night Hawk, 1753 | |
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| "A Lousy Journey of Love: Two Sweethearts Won't Back Down," 1783 | |
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| At a Fork on the Road to Hiring a Hooker, 1798 | |
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| Intimations of Spring: The Plum Calendar, 1832-1833. Illustrated | |
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| Ghosts, Monsters, and Deities | |
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| One Hundred Monsters in Edo of Our Time, 1758 | |
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| Rootless Grass, 1763, 1769 | |
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| Thousand Arms of Goddess, Julienned: The Secret Recipe of Our Handmade Soup Stock, 1785. Illustrated by Kitao Masanobu | |
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| The Monster Takes a Bride, 1807. Illustrated by Katsukawa Shun'ei | |
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| Epic Yotsuya Ghost Tale, 1825 | |
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| Heroes, Rogues, and Fools | |
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| Playboy, Grilled Edo Style, 1785. Illustrated by Kitao Masanobu | |
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| Osome and Hisamatsu: Their Amorous History-Read All About It!, 1813 | |
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| opening section from The Tale of the Eight Dog Warriors of the Satomi Clan, 1814-1842. Illustrated chiefly | |
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| Funamushi episodes from The Tale of the Eight Dog Warriors of the Satomi Clan, 1814-1842. Illustrated chiefly by Yanagawa Shigenobu and Keisai Eisen | |
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| Eight Footloose Fools: A Flower Almanac, written in 1820, published in 1849. Illustrated chiefly | |
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| Benten the Thief, 1862 | |
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| City and Country Folks | |
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| Mr. Senryu's Barrel of Laughs, Edo Haikai Style, 1765-1838 | |
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| "The Housemaid's Ballad" and Other Poems, 1769 | |
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| In the World of Men, Nothing But Lies, 1812. Illustrated | |
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| The Floating World Barbershop, 1813-1814. Illustrated | |
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| Tales from the North, 1818 | |
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| Artists and Poets | |
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| On Farting, c. 1774, c. 1777 | |
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| The "Peony Petals" Sequence, 1780 | |
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| Peasants, Peddlers, and Paramours: Waka Selections | |
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| Icicle Teardrops and Butterfly Wings: Popular Love Songs | |
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| Tourists and Onlookers | |
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| Comparisons of Cities-(1) ANONYMOUS, "What They Think Good about Kyo and Edo," c. 1820, (2) SHIBA KOKAN, "On Good and Bad Things about Kyo and Edo" (A Letter to Yamaryo Kazuma), 1813, and (3) KIMURO BOUN, Tales of the Kyo I Have Seen, 1780 | |
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| Songs of the Northern Quarter, 1786 | |
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| Outlandish Nonsense: Verses on Western Themes | |
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| An Account of the Prosperity of Edo, 1832: "Urban Chivalry" and "Honjo District" | |
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| Source Texts and Modern Editions | |
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| List of Contributors | |
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| Permissions | |
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| Index of Names | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Color plates follow p. | |