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Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature)

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by: Matsuo Basho See Larger Image List Price: $16.95 Amazon.com's Price: $13.22 You Save: $3.73 (22%) as of 11/21/2009 12:40 EST Used Price: $7.19 Third Party New Price: $8.00 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 895.6132 EAN: 9781880656204 Edition: illustrated edition ISBN: 1880656205 Label: Stone Bridge Press Manufacturer: Stone Bridge Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: September 01, 1996 Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Studio: Stone Bridge Press Related Items: The Narrow Road to Oku (Illustrated Japanese Classics) Matsuo Basho Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings (Shambhala Classics) The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Penguin Classics) Backroads To Far Towns: Basho's Travel Journal (Companions for the Journey) see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In 1689, the poet Matsuo Basho set off on a five-month journey into the mountains north of the capital, Edo. Along the way he paused to compose poems that are today revered for their clarity of observation. Ostensibly a travel diary, Narrow Road to the Interior is artful and carefully sculpted, filled with rich allusions to literature and Zen. This volume includes the complete text in English with annotations, as well as an additional translation of a sequence of renga "linked verse" featuring Basho and his traveling companion, Sora. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Beautiful translation of a beautiful work Basho is an 18th century Japanese poet who was a leader in the art of Haibun - or Haiku prose. In this book he describes a pilgrimage he made across Japan, visiting sites associated with earlier poets along the way. The translation is clear and beautiful. I found the introduction and notes to be extremely helpful in understanding and appreciating the work, even though I had almost no background in Japanese poetry prior to this. Definitely recommended. Rating: - A Japanese journey during the 17th century Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (9/06) Matsuo Basho (1644-94) was a famous Japanese haiku poet. In 1689, he took a 1,233 mile journey across Japan. His travels lasted five months. He was joined by his friend Kawai Sora. Basho wrote about this trip. He titled it, "Oku No Hosomichi," which translates to "Narrow Road to the Interior." This story is considered to be a masterpiece of Japanese literature. He took four years to write it and revise it. Basho started ... Read More Rating: - Nice This was the first time that I have read Basho's Narrow Road to Oku, snd I enjoyed it a great deal. Actually I read it twice this week. The first time I read through it I tried to read it without using the notes. I was lazy, so it came out that I really didn't enjoy what I was reading because I really didn't know what was going on throughout most of the book, so I read it again using the notes, and I got much more out of it. The annotations are on the left page while the actual text is on the right page, ... Read More Rating: - To start with it's Basho. This is a very well translated and annotated edition of this great work.

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