Tobu Kujaku is a work of fantastic fiction set in a world where fire has become difficult to kindle. A garden tea gathering, women who carry fire, peacocks, serpents, and underground spaces are linked through dense language and a fragmentary structure, drawing readers into an uncanny world. It won the Izumi Kyoka Literary Prize, the Japan SF Grand Prize, and an Art Encouragement Prize.

In a world where fire resists burning, peacocks, serpents, and human memory draw a map of fantasy.