『Misho』(written by Shigyo Sosyu, published by Kodansha Editorial,
¥3,850 including tax, scheduled to be release at the end of March 2025 (pre-orders start in early March),
604 pages, 1407 waka poems included ISBN: 978-4-86677-157-1)

　At the end of March 2025, Kodansha Editorial will publish a collection of waka poems entitled 『Misho』, which will include around 1,400 waka selected from the more than 5,000 waka that Shigyo Sosyu has been writing since his 50s, and will be a collection of around 600 pages. The dramatic course of his life itself is sung in all the waka, and this definitive book sublimates time and memories. It contains many waka about waka itself, as well as waka from memories of his youth, bushido, people he met, his family, and the art and philosophy. It is a rare, multifaceted collection of waka in the modern era, and includes long poems about shrines and temples as well as Japanese mythology.

　As a guide for readers, the background and history of the waka, as well as the trajectory of Shigyo’s heart, are explained in the margins. In addition, supplementary explanations of the Makura kotoba and archaic words that are unfamiliar to modern people can be read on the same page, and there are many other touches that make the waka more three-dimensional, so we hope you will take a look. The dramatic cover design, which goes beyond the boundaries of a simple poetry collection, features photographs by the photographer and artist Tachihara Sei, which depicts flowing sand. Shigyo says the unique binding is made up by futuristic images reminiscent of ‘Mars’ and Abe Kobo’s [The Fourth Interglacial Period].

Chapter list: 1407 waka in total
Preface
Chapter 1: Uta no Kokoro (The heart of waka) 61 waka
Chapter 2: Omoide（Memories） 57 waka
Chapter 3: Seishun (Youth) 49 waka
Chapter 4: Chugi (Loyalty) 49 waka
Chapter 5: Deai (Encounters) 123 waka
Chapter 6: Mishima Yukio 23 waka
Chapter 7: Bushido 65 waka
Chapter 8: Kazoku (Family) 81 waka
Chapter 9: Naki Tsuma (My late wife) 92 waka
Chapter 10: Senzo (Ancestors) 47 waka
Chapter 11: Shoshin (Original intention) 17 waka
Chapter 12: Sogyo (Founding) 71 waka
Chapter 13: Uchu・Unmei (Universe and Destiny) 28 waka
Chapter 14: Shiso (Philosophical thoughts) 30 waka
Chapter 15: Geijyutsu (Art) 44 waka
Chapter 16: Yugoku (Patriotic Passion) 52 waka
Chapter 17: Reijyo (Sacred Places (Shrines and Temples) 81 waka
Chapter 18: Hatsukuni (The First Country (Founding the Country and the Loyalty of Michiomi no mikoto) 51 waka
Chapter 19: Rekishi (History) 27 waka
Chapter 20: Yugoku no Geijyutsu (The art of Passion) 48 waka
Chapter 21: Toshima Yasumasa 77 waka
Chapter 22: Yasuda Yukihiko 59 waka
Chapter 23: Gassan Sadatoshi 51 waka
Chapter 24: Yōjyo (Foster Wisdom) 61 waka
Chapter 25: Sei Shi (Life and Death) 63 waka
Epilogue

　‘Isn’t human life myth itself? The origin of life is a myth. To look up to a myth. There is no other way to write a poem. All poems are spun from myths. They must fall to earth as tears born from myths.’
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　――― from the introduction of Shigyo Sosyu Waka Collection ‘Misho’