New York: New Directions, (1984). First edition - Includes selections from over a half a century of his work. Translated from the Japanese by Cid Corman, with Susumu Kamaike. Introduction by Corman, in which he comments "There is scarcely a child in Japan unfamiliar with Kusano's frogs. And of course, no adult." Their trills, transcribed and fancifully translated by the poet into frog soliloquies, dirges, and celebrations are, says Corman, "figures of nature--in its largest sense--and of absolute innocence ... . They mock our pretensions but share them too - gently." 54 pp. ISBN: 0-811208877.