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9781570627163

Narrow Road to the Interior

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  • ISBN13:

    9781570627163

  • ISBN10:

    1570627169

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2000-09-26
  • Publisher: Shambhala

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Summary

Here is the most complete single-volume collection of the writings of one of the great luminaries of Asian literature. Basho (1644-1694)-who elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty-is best known in the West as the author ofNarrow Road to the Interior,a travel diary of linked prose and haiku that recounts his journey through the far northern provinces of Japan. This volume includes a masterful translation of this celebrated work along with three other less well-known but important works by Basho:Travelogue of Weather-Beaten Bones,The Knapsack Notebook,andSarashina Travelogue.There is also a selection of over two hundred fifty of Basho's finest haiku. In addition, the translator has provided an introduction detailing Basho's life and work and an essay on the art of haiku.

Author Biography

Basho (1644–1694)—the most revered poet of Japanese literature—is best known in the West as the author of Narrow Road to the Interior , a travel diary of his journey through northern Japan. Basho elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty. His travel diaries of linked prose and haiku created a new genre of writing that inspired generations of Japanese poets.

Table of Contents

Translator's Introduction ix
Chronology xxxii
Map of Basho's Journeys
xxxiv
Narrow Road to the Interior
1(36)
Travelogue of Weather-Beaten Bones
37(16)
The Knapsack Notebook
53(22)
Sarashina Travelogue
75(8)
Selected Haiku
83(86)
Afterword 169(10)
Notes 179(4)
Bibliography 183(2)
About the Translator 185

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