"Introduction" by HILARY TANN
"Glossary" by HENRY BURNETT
"Coming to Terms: (Futaiken) Reibo" by HILARY TANN
"Minezaki Koto's Zangetsu" by HENRY BURNETT
"The Neonationalist Movement: Origins of Contemporary Japanese Music" by JUDITH ANN HERD
"The Role of Traditional Japanese Instruments in Three Recent Operas" by MINORU MIKI
"Music as a Reflection of a Composer's Cosmology" by JOJI YUASA
"Contemporary Music in Japan" by TORU TAKEMITSU
"Afterword" by TORU TAKEMITSU with TANIA CRONEN and HILARY TANN
"Japanese and Western Confluences in Large-Scale Pitch Organization of Toru Takemitsu's November Steps and Autumn" by EDWARD SMALDONE
"Contemporary Notation for Shakuhachi" by JEFFREY LEPENDORF