目次
1 Word and Image:The Japanese Aesthetic Consciousness(The Kokin Wakashu and Japanese Aesthetics;The Significance of Imperial Waka Anthologies;Crossing the Word―Image Border ほか)
2 Japanese Beauty,Western Beauty(East Meets West:Forms of Expression in Japanese and Western Art;The Dawn of Japanese Oil Painting;Sentiment and Sensibility:Beneath the Surface of Wasei Yuga ほか)
3 Roots of the Japanese Aesthetic Consciousness(Word and Image;Chinese Characters and the Japanese Language;The Culture of Name Succession ほか)