Basho (1644-1694) is the most famous Haiku poet of Japan.
He made his living as a teacher and writer of Haiku and is celebrated for his many travels around Japan, which he recorded in travel journals.
This translation of his most mature journal, Oku-No-Hosomichi, details the most arduous part of a nine-month journey with his friend and disciple, Sora, through the backlands north of the capital, west to the Japan Sea and back toward Kyoto.
More than a record of the journey, Basho's journal is a poetic sequence that has become a center of the Japanese mind/heart.
Ten illustrations by Hide Oshiro illuminate the text.
Cid Corman was well-known as a poet, translator and editor of Origin, the ground-breaking poetry magazine.
About the Author: Basho (1644-1694) is the most famous Haiku poet of Japan.
He made his living as a teacher and writer of Haiku and is celebrated for his many travels around Japan which were recorded in his travel journals.
Back Roads to Far Towns, a translation of Oku-No-Hosomichi, is his last and most mature.
Cid Corman is well known as a poet, translator, and as the editor of Origin, a ground breaking poetry magazine.
His recent publications include Now Now and No Choice.
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White Pine Press (ny) Back roads to far towns: basho's travel journal, paperback/basho
