Description
| Product ID: | 9781893996311 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Companions for the Journey |
| Title: | Back Roads To Far Towns |
| Subtitle: | Basho's Travel Journal |
| Authors: | Author: Basho, Cid Corman |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets |
| Description: | A classic translation of Basho's most famous travel journal 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 center of the Japanese mind/heart. Ten illustrations by Hide Oshiro illuminate the text. Cid Corman was well-known as a poet, translator and editor of Origin, the ground-breaking poetry magazine. |
| Imprint Name: | White Pine Press |
| Publisher Name: | White Pine Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-10-21 |
