A poetry collection by Toriko Takarabe. Through place names such as Beijing, the Gobi, and Alatau, and through words evoking music, water sounds, and memory, it composes travel and time in monochrome gradations.

Memories of travel and layers of time overlap like shades of black and white.

A tanka collection by Keiichiro Okabe. Through close attention to ordinary objects and landscapes, and through subtle shifts and juxtapositions, it creates a world where loneliness and warmth arise together.

Small everyday objects suddenly take on a lonely, warm light.

The sixth haiku collection by Tetsunosuke Matsuzaki. Centered on travel around the Yangtze and inner resonance, it reflects the poet's belief that discovery and surprise lie at the heart of haiku, conveying the mature range of a major postwar haiku poet.

The scenes of the Yangtze journey merge with a haiku spirit seeking discovery and surprise.