Bokusui Kenkyu No. 8 is a research journal issue edited by the Bokusui Kenkyukai, focused on people surrounding Wakayama Bokusui. It rereads his poetry through contemporaries, friends, family, and local ties, presenting a many-sided view of his place in modern tanka history.

It rereads Bokusui not only through his works, but through the network of people around him.