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Sanbiki no kani (Three Crabs), 1968. •
Funakuimushi (ふなくい虫), Tokyo :
Kodansha, 1970. •
Yūreitachi no fukkatsusai, 1970 •
Sabita kotoba, 1971. •
Shishu sabita kotoba (A Poetry Collection of Tarnished Words), 1971. •
Tsuga no yume, 1971. •
Uo no namida, 1971. •
Kokyū o hiku tori, 1972. •
Yasō no yume, 1973. •
Aoi kitsune, Tokyo : Kodansha, 1975. •
Garakuta hakubutsukan, 1975. •
Yamauba no Bisho (The Smile of the Mountain Witch), 1976. •
Urashimasō, 1977. •
Aoi chiisana hanashi, 1978. •
Samete miru yume, 1978. •
Hāna to mushi no kioku, 1979. •
Onna no danseiron, 1979. •
Taidan sei to shite no onna, 1979. •
Tankō, 1979. •
Katachi mo naku (寂兮寥兮), Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1982. •
Shima no kuni no shima (島の国の島), Tokyo : Ushio Shuppansha, 1982. •
Kakeru otoko no yokogao (駈ける男の横顔), Tokyo : Chūō Kōronsha, 1984. •
Mae mae katatsumuri (舞へ舞へ蝸牛), Tokyo : Fukutake Shoten, 1984. •
Naku tori no (啼く鳥の), Tokyo : Kodansha, 1985. •
Onna otoko inochi (女・男・いのち), Tokyo : Yomiuri Shinbunsha, 1985. •
Onna (女), Tokyo : Sakuhinsha, 1987. •
Manʾyōshu (万葉集), Tokyo : Kōdansha, 1989. •
Kaoru ki no uta : haha to musume no ōfuku shokan (郁る樹の詩: 母と娘の往復書簡), Tokyo : Chūō Kōronsha, 1992. •
Nihyakunen (二百年), Tokyo : Kodansha, 1993. •
Yuki (雪), Tokyo : Fukutake Shoten, 1993. •
Warabeuta mutan (わらべ唄夢譚), Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1995. == English translations ==