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1	A Haiku Journey: Bashos Narrow Road to a Far Province more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Dorothy Britton (Translator) In the seventeenth century, the pilgrim-poet Basho undertook on foot a difficult and perilous journey to the remote northeastern provinces of Honshu, Japan's main island. Throughout the five-month journey, the master of haiku kept a record of his impressions in a prose-poetry diary later called The Narrow Road to a Far Province. His diary was to ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $8.92! \| SVS
2	Narrow Road to the Interior more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Stephen Addiss, Ph.D. (Illustrator), Sam Hamill (Translator) Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) was the greatest of the Japanese haiku poets, whose genius elevated the haiku to an art form of intense spiritual beauty. The masterpiece of Basho's career, and one of the most revered classics of Japanese literature, is a diary, written in prose and haiku, of Basho's journey to the northern interior of Japan. But "Narrow ... see all copies from $2.52! new only from $5.02! \| first editions
3	Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Sam Hamill (Translator) Here is the most complete single-volume collection of writings by one of the great luminaries of Asian literature. Basho (1644-1694) elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty, and is best known in the West as the author of The Narrow Road to the Interior, a travel diary of linked prose and haiku. This ... see all copies from $4.16! new only from $9.36! \| first editions \| SVS
4	On the Narrow Road: Journey Into a Lost Japan more books like this by Leslie Downer, Lesley Downer see all copies from $1.99! new only from $65.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Matsuo Basho more books like this by Professor Makoto Ueda Behind the life and work - the prose and poetry - of a literary genius. The only comprehensive study that examines all areas of Basho's work, including haibun, renku and critical commentaries. see all copies from $2.75! new only from $8.33! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Hiroaki Sato (Translator) 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 ... see all copies from $3.55! new only from $10.49! \| SVS
7	Back Roads to Far Towns more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Kamaike Susumu (Translator), Cid Corman (Translator) In 1689, the great Japanese poet Basho and his friend Sora embarked on a 1500-mile pilgrimage through the backlands and highlands north of Tokyo, across the island of Honshu, and down the west coast. This travel diary is the account of this arduous journey. The poet's humanity permeates this graceful memoir, whether Basho is complaining about a ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
8	Basho's Journey: The Literary Prose of Matsuo Basho more books like this by Matsuo Basho, David L Barnhill, Basho Matsuo In "Basho's Journey, David Landis Barnhill provides the definitive translation of Matsuo Basho's literary prose, as well as a companion piece to his previous translation, "Basho's Haiku. One of the world's greatest nature writers, Basho (1644-1694) is well known for his subtle sensitivity to the natural world, and his writings have influenced ... see all copies from $6.64! new only from $19.00! \| SVS
9	The Narrow Road to Oku more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Masayuki Miyata (Illustrator), Professor Donald Keene (Translator) In the account which he named The Narrow Road to Oku, Basho makes a journey lasting 150 days, in which he travels, on foot, a distance of 600 ri. This was three hundred years ago, when the average distance covered by travelers was apparently 9 ri per day, so it is clear that Basho, who was forty years old at the time, possessed a remarkably ... see all copies from $11.83! new only from $14.83! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Basho and the Fox more books like this by Tim Myers, Oki S Han (Illustrator) There are important lessons to be learned, even by proud poets, in this innovative tale of a fox who thinks he's a great poet and a great poet who thinks he can outdo a fox. Delicate watercolors convey a truly Eastern sensibility that takes young readers back in time to feudal Japan. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.58! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Basho and the River Stones more books like this by Tim Myers When a magical fox tricks the great Japanese poet Basho into giving up the cherries from his tree in exchange for river stones, Basho teaches the fox an important lesson about the things that have real value in life. This is a gorgeous companion to the "New York Times" bestseller, "Basho and the Fox." "An exotic and eye-catching addition to ... see all copies from $2.97! new only from $9.54! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Grass Sandals: The Travels of Basho more books like this by Dawnine Spivak, Demi (Illustrator) A simple retelling of the travels of seventeenth-century Japanese poet, Basho, across his island homeland. Includes examples of the haiku verses he composed. see all copies from $4.29! new only from $8.36! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Back Roads to Far Towns: Basho's Travel Journal more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Hide Oshiro (Illustrator), Cid Corman (Translator) 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 he recorded in travel journals. This translation of his most mature journal, Oku-No-Hosomichi, details the most arduous part of a nine-month journey with his friend and disciple, ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $8.06! \| first editions
14 view cover	Four Huts: Asian Writings on the Simple Life more books like this by Professor Burton Watson (Translator), Stephen Addiss, Ph.D. (Illustrator) Four evocative literary works explore the joys of living a life of simplicity and solitude by four classical poet-writers. The short works collected in FOUR HUTS give voice to one of the most treasured aesthetic and spiritual ideals of Asia - that of a simple life lived in a simple dwelling. The texts were written between the ninth and the ... see all copies from $6.05! new only from $9.25! \| first editions
15 view cover	Zen Wave more books like this by Robert Aitken This text is a study of Zen, the human mind, and the haiku of Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), one of the greatest Japanese haiku poets. It presents themes from the haiku and from Zen literature, and interprets the relationship between them. see all copies from $5.95! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
16 view cover	Back Roads to Far Towns: Basho's Oku-No-Hosomichi more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Hayakama Ikutada (Illustrator), Kamaike Susumu (Translator) In 1689, the great Japanese poet Basho and his friend Sora embarked on a 1500-mile pilgrimage through the backlands and highlands north of Tokyo, across the island of Honshu, and down the west coast. This travel diary is the account of this arduous journey. The poet's humanity permeates this graceful memoir, whether Basho is complaining about a ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	Basho & His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary more books like this by Professor Makoto Ueda This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present in a new English translation 255 representative hokku (or haiku) poems of Matsuo Basho (1644-94), the Japanese poet who is generally considered the most influential figure in the history of the genre. The second is to make available in English a wide spectrum of Japanese critical commentary on ... see all copies from $28.96! new only from $28.96! \| SVS
18 view cover	Rediscovering Basho more books like this by Stephen Henry Gill (Editor), Andrew Gerstle (Editor) A book both for devotees of the great wandering poet Basho as well as those looking for an introduction and insight into one of Japan's great folk heroes. Basho is famous for the Haiku (3-line, 17-syllable) poetry he wrote during his many pilgrimages to different parts of Japan, the most famous collection being entitled "Narrow Road to a Far ... see all copies from $26.48! new only from $47.84!
19	Back Roads to Far more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Hamilton Basso In 1689, the great Japanese poet Basho and his friend Sora embarked on a 1500-mile pilgrimage through the backlands and highlands north of Tokyo, across the island of Honshu, and down the west coast. This travel diary is the account of this arduous journey. The poet's humanity permeates this graceful memoir, whether Basho is complaining about a ... see all copies from $1.99!
20 view cover	Traces of Dreams more books like this by Professor Haruo Shirane Basho (1644-94) is perhaps the best known Japanese poet in both Japan and the West, and yet there has been remarkably little serious scholarship in English on his achievement. This book is intended to address that virtual void by establishing the ground for critical discussion and reading of a central figure in Japanese culture, placing the works ... see all copies from $20.99! new only from $26.95! \| first editions
21 view cover	Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Basho more books like this by Haruo Shirane Basho (1644-94) is perhaps the best known Japanese poet in both Japan and the West, and yet there has been remarkably little serious scholarship in English on his achievement. This book is intended to address that virtual void by establishing the ground for critical discussion and reading of a central figure in Japanese culture, placing the works ... see all copies from $59.95! new only from $66.25!
22 view cover	The Essential Basho more books like this by Matsuo Basho, Sam Hamill (Translator), Sam Hanill (Translator) Here is the most complete single-volume collection of writings by one of the great luminaries of Asian literature. Includes a masterful translation of Basho's most celebrated work, "Narrow Road to the Interior," along with three less well-known works and over 250 of Basho's finest haiku. The translator has included an overview of Basho's life and ... see all copies from $90.00! first editions
23	A Haiku Journey: Basho's the Narrow Road to the Far North and Selected Haiku more books like this by Dennis Stock (Photographer), Matsuo Basho, Dorothy Britton (Translator) see all copies from $9.75!
24	Full Moon Is Rising: Lost Haiku of Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694, and Travel Haiku of Matsuo Basho: A New Rendering more books like this by Basho Matsuo see all copies from $14.30! first editions
25 view cover	Matsuo Basho's Poetic Spaces: Exploring Haikai Intersections more books like this by Eleanor Kerkham (Editor) This collection of essays explores certain neglected aspects of this haikaimaster's literary and philosophical contributions. Haikai is an art that parodies and often subverts its linguistic, generic, and personal predecessors, and its intersections include imaginative links to the rest of Japanese literature and culture, to Chinese prose and ... see all copies from $67.93! new only from $67.93! \| SVS

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