The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
$16.73
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
1 March 1967
Summary
Basho’s beautifully-written and closely observed descriptions of his travels in Japan. In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was a serious student of Zen Buddhism setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. He wrote of the seasons changing, of the smell of the rain, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441857 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140441859 |
| Author: | Matsuo Basho, Nobuyuki Yuasa |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 March 1967 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho (Author)
Matsuo Basho, the Japanese poet and diarist, was born in Iga-ueno near Kyoto in 1644. He began to write verse while studying as the companion of the son of the local lord, and continued to write when he moved to Edo (now Tokyo) in 1667. He eventually became a recluse, and on his travels relied on the hospitality of temples and fellow poets. His work was much influenced by Zen Buddhism.
Nobuyuki Yuasa (Translator)
Nobuyuki Yuasa taught English at the University of Hiroshima.
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