A large translation of six major Icelandic sagas, representing medieval Norse literature and depicting heroes, blood revenge, magic, settlement, and colonization. It conveys Viking-age society, belief, law, and honor through powerful saga prose.

Through blood revenge and heroic destinies, the world of medieval Iceland rises into view.

“Kaisha no Jinji” is a poetry collection centered on poems Masao Nakagiri wrote in his fifties. The institution of the company, daily resignation, distrust of words, and anger and sadness toward the age quietly resonate through a plain sonnet-like form.

Resignation sunk into company life takes on deep shadows in a fourteen-line poetic form.