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Haiku Journey, A: Basho's Narrow Road To A Far Province, Paperback / softback Book

Haiku Journey, A: Basho's Narrow Road To A Far Province Paperback / softback

Illustrated by Shiro Tsujimura

Paperback / softback

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Here is a classic journey of poetic self-discovery, written by Japan's finest writer of haiku poetry.

This edition includes a critical introduction to Basho's life and works, sumi-e ink drawings and text presented in both English and Japanese orthography.

In the seventeenth century, the pilgrim-poet Basho undertook on foot a difficult and perilous journey to the remote northeastern provinces of Honshu, Japan's main island.

Throughout the five-month journey, the master of haiku kept a record of his impressions in a prose-poetry diary later called The Narrow

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