Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages

Author:   Matsuo Basho ,  Hiroaki Sato ,  Cor van der Heurel ,  Hiroaki Sato
Publisher:   Stone Bridge Press
ISBN:  

9781880656204


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   16 July 1998
Format:   Paperback
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Matsuo Basho (1644-94) is considered Japan's greatest haiku poet. Narrow Road to the Interior (Oku no Hosomichi) is his masterpiece. Ostensibly a chronological account of the poet's five-month journey in 1689 into the deep country north and west of the old capital, Edo, the work is in fact artful and carefully sculpted, rich in literary and Zen allusion and filled with great insights and vital rhythms. In Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages, poet and translator Hiroaki Sato presents the complete work in English and examines the threads of history, geography, philosophy, and literature that are woven into Basho's exposition. He details in particular the extent to which Basho relied on the community of writers with whom he traveled and joined in linked verse (renga) poetry sessions, an example of which, A Farewell Gift to Sora, is included in this volume. In explaining how and why Basho made the literary choices he did, Sato shows how the poet was able to transform his passing observations into words that resonate across time and culture.

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Author:   Matsuo Basho ,  Hiroaki Sato ,  Cor van der Heurel ,  Hiroaki Sato
Publisher:   Stone Bridge Press
Imprint:   Stone Bridge Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.269kg
ISBN:  

9781880656204


ISBN 10:   1880656205
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   16 July 1998
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Hiroaki Sato is one of the leading translators of Japanese poetry into English, with numerous books and awards. Emi Suzuki works in illustrations and CD graphic design.

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