Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages
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 det…
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Weitere Autoren: Sato, Hiroaki (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-880656-20-4
- EAN: 9781880656204
- Produktnummer: 9037980
- Verlag: Stone Bridge Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.5 cm 286 g
- Gewicht: 286
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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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