00997nam a2200193Ia 4500 CTU_113488 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 895.613 M434 Matsuo, Basho Back roads to far towns : Basho's Oku-no-hosomichi Basho Matsuo, with a translation and notes by Cid Corman and Kamaike Susumu New York Grossman Publishers 1968 One spring morning in 1689, Basho, arguably the greatest of all Japanese poets, set forth on foot, accompanied by his friend and disciple Sora, from his hermitage in Edo (old Tokyo) on one final journey--a pilgrimage that eventually took him nearly 1,500 miles. Now, more than 300 years later--via beautifully spare prose sprinkled with haiku and graceful translation--this book provides the account of Basho's arduous trek. 16 illustrations Giang Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ