This oral-history essay records poet Daigaku Horiguchi speaking about his youthful days with Marie Laurencin, his lifelong friendship with Haruo Sato, and memories of Hiroshi and Akiko Yosano. Yoko Seki's tact as an interviewer gently draws out the aging poet's reflections on love, literature, and life.

From a poet's memories, an age of love and literature quietly comes into view.

A collection of essays in which the author, born in Shuri, Okinawa, writes from his own perspective about local memory, everyday life, and layers of history. Rather than treating Okinawa as a tourist destination, it portrays the post-reversion island through lived texture and a deep sense of time.

Rooted in memories of Shuri, the essays speak to the depth of Okinawan life and history.

A historical narrative about Napoleon's Moscow campaign and the disastrous retreat that followed. Drawing on lesser-known French sources, it traces how a vast army that seemed close to victory collapsed through snow, hunger, and strategic failure.

A study of Napoleon's campaign that captures the moment a march of glory turns into retreat, grounded in vivid historical sources.