Crawling Creatures
摘要
This chapter features the annotated translation of the crawling creatures section in Shōeki’s encyclopaedia. The crawlers are categorised into the species of the human body, the crawlers of the human house, the crawlers of human villages, “other” crawlers, crawlers of the fields and plains, mountain crawlers, crawling creatures of the rivers, lakes, and water environments, and sea crawlers. The chapter ends with Shōeki’s reflections on the usagi and whether or not it should be included within the crawling creature section.