Shasei No Monogatari (Kodansha Bungei Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The poet and critic, who has been exploring all kinds of events since the end of the war, has also been a reader of waka poems since his youth. This is a loving critique that defends the present and future of waka poetry by carefully tracing the changes of the times and the spirit of waka poetry in the works of ancient poets, the Hyakunin Isshu, the teachings of the founder of a new religion, expressions incorporating realism, psychology, and customs required by the modern age, avant-garde tanka poets, and modern poets such as Machi Tawara.

敗戦後、あらゆる事象に切り込んできた詩人・批評家は若きころより和歌を味わいつづける読み手でもあった。古代歌謡、百人一首、新宗教開祖の教え、近代が必要とする写実や心理、風俗をとりこんだ表現、前衛短歌や俵万智など現代の歌人―作品にあらわれる時代や精神の変化を丁寧に追うことで和歌の現在、そして未来をも擁護する愛あふれる評論。