Bashō's Narrow road
spring & autumn passages : two works
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Author
Contributions
- Satō, Hiroaki, 1942- - Contributor
- Matsuo, Bashō, 1644-1694. - Contributor
Publication
1996 - Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
46,250 words, Guess
Page Count
185 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL967925M
- ISBN-101880656205
- OCLC Control Number419953840
- OCLC Control Number34076782
- Internet Archivebashosnarrowroad0000mats
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- Library of Congress Control Number96004392
- LibraryThing214474
- Goodreads153572
Classifications
- DDC895.6/132
- LCCPL794.4.Z5 A3613 1996
Alternate Titles
- Narrow road
Description
Matsuo Basho (1644-94) is considered Japan's greatest haiku poet. Narrow Road to the Interior (Oku no Hosomichi) is his masterpiece. Ostensibly a chronological account of the poet's five-month journey in 1689 into the deep country north and west of the old capital, Edo, the work is in fact artful and carefully sculpted, rich in literary and Zen allusion and filled with great insights and vital rhythms. In Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages, poet and translator Hiroaki Sato presents the complete work in English and examines the threads of history, geography, philosophy, and literature that are woven into Basho's exposition. He details in particular the extent to which Basho relied on the community of writers with whom he traveled and joined in linked verse (renga) poetry sessions, an example of which, A Farewell Gift to Sora, is included in this volume. In explaining how and why Basho made the literary choices he did, Sato shows how the poet was able to transform his passing observations into words that resonate across time and culture.
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- Early works to 1800.
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