Back Roads to Far Towns: Basho's Travel Journal (Companions for the Journey)

Basho, Cid Corman (Translator)

$14.00

Publish Date: October 1, 2004

Publisher:

White Pine Press (NY)

ISBN:

9781893996311

Pages:

Language:

English

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Description

A classic translation of Basho's most famous travel journal.

About the Author

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 were recorded in his travel journals. Back Roads to Far Towns, a translation of Oku-No-Hosomichi, is his last and most mature. Cid Corman is well known as a poet, translator, and as the editor of Origin, a ground breaking poetry magazine. His recent publications include Now Now and No Choice.