A lyrical literary work set along the Yusui River, in which the narrator encounters a being called 'Miru' and traces the origins of water and life. Against a backdrop of spring tidal scents and river scenery, the story takes on a dreamlike quality as the boundaries between past and present, life and death, begin to blur.

A critical essay examining the thought of Maruyama Masao, a leading postwar Japanese intellectual, exploring both its possibilities and limitations. It seeks to advance the interpretation of Maruyama's political thought, modernism, and democratic theory beyond the binary of condemnation versus apologetics, toward a critical inheritance for the future.

An essay by Chiba Kazuki published in the literary magazine Gunzo in 1997. It critically examines the formation and positioning of the concept of 'literature' in modern Japan, using the works of Mori Ogai as its focal point. Winner of the 41st Gunzo Newcomer Literary Award (criticism division).

A critical essay analyzing Takeda Taijun's literary world through the concept of the 'exterior of narrative,' examining the structural formation of his works. Winner of the 41st Gunzo Newcomer Literary Award (criticism division, 1998).