Hijiri Imai's study of Shuson Kato reads Kato's haiku through the tension of language that begins to age the moment it becomes words, tracing the expression and thought of modern haiku.

A substantial critical study that reads Shuson Kato's haiku through the tension between language and time.

Ei Motoi's study reconsiders Kyoshi Takahama through prose: sketches, fiction, drama, and other forms beyond the haiku for which he is best known.

A critical study that enters Kyoshi Takahama's prose and illuminates an authorial image not visible through haiku alone.