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Backroads To Far Towns

Backroads To Far Towns

Backroads To Far Towns
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Backroads To Far Towns Paperback - 2004

by Basho,

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  • Title Backroads To Far Towns
  • Author Basho,
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 93
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher White Pine Press (NY)
  • Publication date 2004-10-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2507668-n
  • ISBN 9781893996311 / 189399631X
  • Weight 0.21 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.04 x 5 x 0.3 in (17.88 x 12.70 x 0.76 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Japan - Description and travel, Authors, Japanese - Edo period, 1600-1868 -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004109162
  • Dewey Decimal Code 895.613
  • Quantity available 5

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From the publisher

A classic translation of Basho's most famous travel journal

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  • Multicultural Review, 09/01/2005, Page 18

About the author

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.

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