Introduction.--The love suicides at Sonezaki (Sonezaki shinjū)-- The battles of Coxinga (Kokusenya kassen)--The uprooted pine (Nebiki no kadomatsu)--The love suicides at Amijima (Shinjū ten no Amijima)--Appendix I: A note on prostitution in Chikamatsu's plays.--Appendix II: Contemporary puppet performances of Chikamatsu's plays.