The Narrow Road to Oku
A look inside the travel journals of the celebrated haiku master Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho (1644–1694) was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. Basho’s works have greatly influenced generations of poets and artists, including Ezra Pound and the Imagists, J.D. Salinger, the Beats, Yasunari Kawabata, and Octavio Paz.
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