BASHO'S NARROW ROAD: SPRING AND AUTUMN PASSAGES
by Matsuo Basho
translated by Hiroaki Sato

A new and authoritative editon of one of Japan's great literary masterpieces 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 addiitonal translation of a sequence of renga "linked verse" featuring Bahso and his traveling companion, Sora.
192 pp, 5.5 x 9", 14 illustrations, ISBN 1-880656-20-5, $15.00

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