A group of haiku by Mitsuko Hirakawa. As a Haidan Prize-winning work, it was valued for grounding human presence in nature and for precise expression stripped of excess.

Taut haiku that place human existence within nature.

A group of haiku by Shoko Sekiguchi. As a Haidan Prize-winning work, it reflects an emphasis on direct feeling and precise descriptive observation.

Haiku that connect supple feeling to the firmness of observation.