Essay on poetic composition, seeking the wild in language, by Japanese poet Tohta Kaneko in English translation by the Kon Nichi Translation Group. 92 pages, perfect softbound.
The essay contains Richard Gilbert's introduction to muki kigo, non-season kigo, and a translation of the Preface to the Gendai Haiku Saijiki, 5 vols., 2004, by Kaneko Tohta, published by the Modern Haiku Association of Japan.