A critical history that rereads Showa-era tanka through the intersections of war, thought, lyricism, and the spirit of the age. It presents tanka history, including figures such as Mokichi Saito and Utsubo Kubota, as a tension between works and society.

A substantial critical work reading Showa tanka through the wounds of the age and the force of lyricism.

A biographical-critical work on Tekkan Yosano. It reads the making of modern tanka through his personality, including not only his brilliance as a central figure of Myojo but also conflict and collision with his age.

Rereading the heat and wounds of modern tanka through the life of Tekkan Yosano.