Back Roads to Far Towns: Basho's Travel Journal - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781893996311

About this item

by Basho (Author), Cid Corman (Translator)

A classic translation of Basho's most famous travel journal

Author Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 93

Dimensions: 0.3 x 7.04 x 5 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: October 01, 2004

$15.12

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