The seventh tanka collection and winner of the 56th Chokuu Prize. With a title drawn from Zen language, it freely turns monkish life, daily joys, and uncertainty into poetry.

Daily life as a monk is gathered into tanka that are both disciplined and free.

The 14th tanka collection, reflecting an attitude that still looks forward beyond the age of ninety-five. It quietly poems a self that keeps renewing itself and moving toward tomorrow.

Even beyond ninety-five, tomorrow is always new.

The 13th tanka collection, Nakin, follows an author in her late seventies as she looks at daily life, the past, and the road ahead. It confirms the world with a quiet gaze while carrying the shadows of life.

A 13th tanka collection that quietly looks at the present day, the past, and what lies ahead.

A tanka collection that quietly lets memory and the figure of the mother emerge through plants, animals, and the feel of the land. Careful observation brings out the atmosphere beneath ordinary life.

Beside trees and flowers, the mother's image rises quietly.

A tanka collection by Hiroshi Hirai. Through familiar details such as horsetails, pigeons, and hydrangeas, it gently draws out layers of time and solitude. The poems balance verbal precision with a quiet lyricism.

From small shadows in the seasons, a delayed shape of feeling slowly emerges.