Contents: List of Illustrations/Acknowledgements/Foreword by John Bayley/Introduction/1. Biographical- The relationship of Aki Hayashi and Edmund Blunden during his stay in Japan and after/2. East and West - How English literature was taught in Japan. Blunden's relations with Japanese university and literary life. His poems in a Japanese context/3. Poetry in love - the nature of Blunden's relations with Aki Hayashi, and the influence of their intimacy on his outlook and poetry/4. Letters - a selection ofBlunden's letters, with annotations/5. Interviews - interviews with and letters from persons who met Blunden and Aki Hayashi/Epilogue/Appendix: Chronology of Aki Hayashi's Work for Blunden/Bibliography/Index