This study examines the haiku world of the Meiji 40s, reading poems, criticism, and changing discourse around haiku. Attending to debates surrounding figures including Kawahigashi Hekigoto, it places the evaluation and expression of a formative period in modern haiku within its historical context.

A study of the haiku world of the Meiji 40s through poems, criticism, and the language used to discuss haiku.

This study expands research on the Keihan accent beyond its Kyoto-centered focus, analyzing accent changes around Osaka Bay, including Awaji, Akashi, Naruto, Kishiwada, Hashimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, and Kochi. Drawing on the author's fieldwork and the history of Japanese accent, it places regional characteristics within the historical development of the Keihan accent.

Listen to the voices of the regions around Osaka Bay and trace the changing course of the Keihan accent.