A critical study of Kin'ichi Sawaki's haiku, examining both the ideas and the expression of socially engaged haiku. Essays on sketching from life, lyricism, colloquial style, and social consciousness, together with readings of selected poems and a chronology, trace the distinctive poetics Sawaki pursued.

A critical exploration of Kin'ichi Sawaki's haiku and the distinctive character of socially engaged haiku.

A collection of criticism that reads the poetry of haiku poet Nakamura Kusatao over the final two decades of his life. Through the idea of his attentive gaze, it traces the intellectual background and expressive depth of his work from several angles.

A critical study that revisits Kusatao's late haiku through the meeting point of gaze and thought.