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Back Roads to Far Towns
Basho
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Description for Back Roads to Far Towns
Paperback. A classic translation of Basho's most famous travel journal Translator(s): Corman, Cid. Series: Companions for the Journey. Num Pages: 93 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 104.
Basho (1644-1694) is the most famous Haiku poet of Japan. He made his living as a teacher and writer of Haiku and is celebrated for his many travels around Japan, which he recorded in travel journals. This translation of his most mature journal, Oku-No-Hosomichi, details the most arduous part of a nine-month journey with his friend and disciple, Sora, through the backlands north of the capital, west to the Japan Sea and back toward Kyoto. More than a record of the journey, Basho's journal is a poetic sequence that has become a centre of the Japanese mind/heart. Ten illustrations by ... Read more
Basho (1644-1694) is the most famous Haiku poet of Japan. He made his living as a teacher and writer of Haiku and is celebrated for his many travels around Japan, which he recorded in travel journals. This translation of his most mature journal, Oku-No-Hosomichi, details the most arduous part of a nine-month journey with his friend and disciple, Sora, through the backlands north of the capital, west to the Japan Sea and back toward Kyoto. More than a record of the journey, Basho's journal is a poetic sequence that has become a centre of the Japanese mind/heart. Ten illustrations by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
93
Condition
New
Series
Companions for the Journey
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Buffalo, United States
ISBN
9781893996311
SKU
V9781893996311
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About Basho
Cid Corman was well-known as a poet, translator and editor of Origin, the ground-breaking poetry magazine.
Reviews for Back Roads to Far Towns
"Of the half dozen English versions of Basho's most famous travel journal, Corman's is the best. He recreates the unique toughness and terseness of Basho's original language, crossing the translation barrier..."
William J Higginson.
William J Higginson.