Haiku Journey, Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province by Matsuo Bashō

Haiku Journey, Basho's Narrow Road to a Far Province

Matsuo Bashō

124 pages first pub 1702 (editions)

nonfiction poetry travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
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In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his attempts to cast off earthly attachments and reach out to spiritual fulfillment. The sketches are written in the "haibun" style--a linking of verse and ...

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