Dedication
Because of Occupation surveillance, Shikoku and Tōge chose the most economical and discreet technology to produce the first edition of 500 copies. Gariban (mimeograph) prints directly from a handwritten text, as is evident on these pages (read right to left, top to bottom). Compare the hurried cursive handwriting by the poet Tōge on this page with the uniform block printing by another writer on the “Give me back father” poem.