An anthology of plays from Japanese theatre artists of the 1990s. While the playwrights differ in the selection of subject matter, dramatic method and artistic orientation, they are all concerned with exploring what it feels and means to be human. The volume contains ""Citizens of the Soul"" by Hirata Oriza, ""Epitaph for the Wales"" by Sakate Yoji, ""Time's Storeroom"" by Nagai Ai, ""Fireflies"" by Suzue Toshiro, ""Tokyo Atomic Klub"" by Makino Nozomi, and ""Ice Blossoms"" by Kaneshita Tatsuo.