Back roads to far towns

Alternate Titles

• Backroads to far towns

Description

Early one spring morning in 1689 Basho, arguably the greatest of all Japanese poets, accompanied by his friend and disciple Sora, set forth on foot from his hermitage in Edo (old Tokyo) on one final journey. This pilgrimage took him through the backlands and highlands north of the capital, then across the island of Honshu and down the west coast toward Lake Biwa, a journey of nearly 1,500 miles. Basho would not return to Edo until 1691, three years before his death. Back Roads to Far Towns, the last of Basho's travel diaries, is the evocative account of this arduous journey, the crowning achievement of a lifetime of writing. This edition is introduced by Robert Hass, Poet Laureate of the United States.

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Genres

• Early works to 1800.

Other Editions

• Back roads to far towns: Bashō's travel journalWhite Pine Press2004-01-01
• Back roads to far townsGrossman Publishers1968-01-01
• Back roads to far townsGrossman1971-01-01
• Back Roads to FarPaperbackPenguin (Non-Classics)1971-09-02
• Oku no hosomichiFukutake Shoten1981-01-01
• OkuGoverno da Bahia, Secretaria da Cultura e Turismo1995-01-01