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Here is a classic journey of poetic self-discovery, written by Japan's finest writer of haiku poetry. This edition includes a critical introduction to Basho's life and works, sumi-e ink drawings and text presented in both English and Japanese orthography. In the seventeenth century, the pilgrim-poet Basho undertook on foot a difficult and perilous journey to the remote northeastern provinces of Honshu, Japan's main island. Throughout the five-month journey, the master of haiku kept a record of his impressions in a prose-poetry diary later called The Narrow

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Haiku Journey, A: Basho's Narrow Road To A Far Province
• Author: Matsuo Basho
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• EAN: 9784770028587
• ISBN: 477002858X
• ID: 05046418
• Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
• Weight: 162 g
• Dimensions: 135 × 189 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. March 2002

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