INCLUDES INDEX.

Gods and heroes -- Buddha and Bushi -- The Gempei War -- The fall of the house of Taira -- Their finest hour -- Acts of loyalty -- The age of the country at war -- Saints and samurai -- Tea and muskets -- Hideyoshi's Korean war -- The final reckoning -- Decline and triumph -- Appendix 1. Selected genealogies -- Appendix 2. Chronological list of Shåoguns.