A Sheep's Song: A Writer's Reminiscences of Japan and the World Book

	Translator's Preface
	Chronology: Major Events and Publications, 1919-1997
1	Grandfather's House	3
2	Fragrance of the Earth	13
3	Life in Shibuya's Konno-cho	23
4	Days of Illness	33
5	Life on Cherry Lane	43
6	Honor Student	53
7	Five Blank Years	62
8	The Mitake-cho House	71
9	Early Signs of Rebellion	81
10	The February 26 Incident	93
11	The First Higher School in Komaba	104
12	Self-Caricature	113
13	Pastoral Song in the Highlands	125
14	A Microcosm	135
15	Remembrances of the Good Old Days	151
16	One Fine Day	158
17	The French Literature Circle	166
18	The Spring of Youth	176
19	Department of Internal Medicine	187
20	August 15, 1945	196
21	Article of Faith	215
22	Hiroshima	223
23	1946	232
24	Gardens in Kyoto	245
25	The Second Beginning	254
26	The Poet's House	262
27	Southern France	273
28	Medieval Europe	282
29	Communication from Home	291
30	Two Women	300
31	Winter Journey	310
32	Music	319
33	The Other Side of the Channel	328
34	Hypocrisy	339
35	Farewell	349
36	Japan as Seen from the Outside	357
37	Enlightenment through Empirical Experience	368
38	The Asian-African Writers' Conference	379
39	Death	389
40	Unfinished Judgment	398
	Epilogue	409
	Author's Postscript to the English Edition	411
	Index of Author's Works	443
	General Index	455