The Gio (and Hotoke) Legend -- Overview -- A Note to the Reader -- Women Entertainers in Heian and Medieval Japan: Eleventh to Fourteenth Century -- Women Entertainers between Fiction and History -- Literary Works by Male Authors -- Literary Works by Female Authors -- Integrated or Marginalized? -- Shirabyoshi -- Shirabyoshi Origins in Medieval Literary Sources -- The Range o/Shirabyoshi Attire -- Shirabyoshi in History -- The Case of Shizuka Gozen -- Shirabyoshi Performance -- Singing: imayo -- Dancing -- Imayo no sho -- The Gikeiki -- The Engyobon Heike monogatari -- The Towazugatari -- Conclusion -- The Story of Gio in the Heike monogatari -- The Story of Gio in the Engyobon Heike monogatari -- Gio in Other Heike Texts -- What's in a Name? Kami vs. Buddha -- Irresistible Ladies, Freakish Caprices -- Challenging Authority, Saving Each Other: The Bond between Women -- Conclusion -- Still Seeking Salvation: The Transformation of the Gio Story in Noh Theater -- Gio as Seed in Zeami's Sando -- The Plays -- Gio -- Hotoke no hara (Hotoke's Field) -- Genzai Gio {Present World Gio) -- Ro Gio (Gio at the Prison) -- Conclusion -- Gio in Late Medieval and Early Modern Narrative, Theater, and Visual Arts -- Performance Texts Related to the Legend of the Man-Made Sutra Island -- Kowaka and sekkyo -- Joruri -- Yomihon -- Visual Representations of the Gio-Hotoke Story -- The Gio otogizoshi Texts -- The Spencer-bon: Gio monogatari -- The Ishikawabon: Gio -- The Keiobon: Gio -- The Iwasebon: Gio -- The Tokudabon: Gio Ginyo monogatari -- Tokugawa Prints -- Conclusion -- The Four Graves of Gio: Cultural Heritage Sites and Local Legends -- The Temple of Gio in Sagano, Kyoto -- Gio's Hometown in Omi Province -- Welcome to Haramachi, Hotoke's Village -- The Other Hotoke no Hara in Fukui Prefecture -- They Also Lived Here: Gio's Grave in Fukui Prefecture -- Memorial Stupas of Gio and Ginyo in Kobe -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- The Modern Legacy of Gio and Hotoke -- Shin Heike monogatari (The New Tale of the Heike) -- Jotoku (Women's Virtues) -- When Reality Takes after Fiction: The Life of Takaoka Chisho -- In Conclusion.