Basho's Journey: The Literary Prose Of Matsuo Basho
by David Landis Barnhill, Basho Matsuo
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Author: Basho Matsuo, David Landis BarnhillEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-07-30
ISBN: 0791464148
Number of pages: 191
Publisher: State University of New York Press
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This is one of the latest books out on the travel journals of Matsuo Basho and this lovely book contains all five journals.The translator David Landis Barnhill has arranged the journals in chronological order to show how Basho's writing developed over the years.The journals included are 'Journey of Bleached Bones in a Field' [Nozarashi Kiko], 'Kashima Journal' [Kashima Kiko], 'Knapsack Notebook' [Oi No Kobumi], 'Sarashina Journal' [Sarashima Kiko], and 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' [Oku No Hosomichi]. Basho's 'Saga Diary' [Saga Nikki] is also included along with a massive 80 of Basho's haibun (short poetic prose pieces that include haiku) and over 320 of Basho's haiku are scattered throughout the book, which also includes maps of each of the five journeys and extensive notes and a glossary.
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