Setsuwa sources and the origins of an affair -- Mice in the koto: the otogizōshi Kotohara -- Incest and enlightenment: the otogizōshi Izumi Shikibu -- Tendai tales: Sangoku denki and the Lotus Sutra commentaries -- The Pure Land proselytizing traditions of Seiganji Temple -- Writing redemption: A history of Seiganji in the Capital -- Climbing the Forbidden Mountain: Nyonin kinsei and the gendered proselytizing traditions of Medieval Japan -- Salvation: Izumi Shikibu and the tale of Jōruri -- Popular preaching and the dissemination of culture.