Ikoma is Kazuo Ibaraki’s seventh haiku collection, centered on the sensibility he developed after moving to Yamato. The force of a land watched daily beneath Mount Ikoma joins with a free and vigorous poetic spirit, deepening Yamato as a spiritual home.

Rooted in Yamato, the collection turns the force of mountains and rivers into the breath of haiku.

Atetsubaki is Utsuwa Kamikura’s seventh haiku collection, gathering poems from spring 1998 to the first half of 2001. Moving beyond the darker tone of the preceding collection, it centers on the bright, pure, and dignified image of the camellia while deepening the sense of later-life time.

Centered on the dignity of a white camellia, the collection holds both brightness and the aftertone of loss.