Back Roads to Far Towns - (Companions for the Journey) by Basho (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A classic translation of Basho's most famous travel journal<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Basho</b> (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, <i>Oku-No-Hosomichi</i>, 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.</p><p><b>Cid Corman</b> was well-known as a poet, translator and editor of <i>Origin</i>, the ground-breaking poetry magazine.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>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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