Kyokko no Shita ni is a tanka collection by Yogoro Ouchi that inscribes northern light and severe nature into the form. Under the distant light suggested by the title, daily life and inner disturbance resonate quietly.

A tanka collection that sings inner life under distant light and severe nature.

Hitsujigumo Risan is a tanka collection by Shigeki Ono that delicately catches anxiety and lyric feeling within everyday scenes. Like sheep clouds dispersing, it holds changing time and human separation in tanka form.

A tanka collection that overlays changing clouds with time and emotional separation.