Dr Alan Cummings is Associate Head of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at SOAS. He teaches Japanese and courses on Japanese literature, drama and culture. He has published a collection of haiku from the 1600s to the present day, called Haiku: Love, and has contributed to many other books.Created and developed at Flame Tree Publishing, independent publisher and creator of fine books, journals, notebooks and art calendars, with a focus on myths, gothic fantasy and great works.