A major work of haibun, a hybrid form combining prose and haiku, by the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, based on a roughly 156-day journey of nearly 1,500 miles Basho took through the northern interior of Japan beginning in the late spring of 1689 to see places described by classical poets and renew his own art. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Composed, From (Year)The text is based on a journey Basho took in the late spring of 1689; he then spent about five years reworking the prose and haiku before the first edition was published posthumously in 1702. Composed, From (Year) Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Oku no Hosomichi
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, originated there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Japanese, original language there.
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Wikimedia FoundationLead section
translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior
Background section
The text was written based on a journey taken by Basho in the late spring of 1689.
Original language statement
Oku no Hosomichi (奥の細道; Japanese pronunciation: [oꜜ.kɯ no | ho.soꜜ.mʲi.tɕi]), translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period.
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Oku no Hosomichi (奥の細道; Japanese pronunciation: [oꜜ.kɯ no | ho.soꜜ.mʲi.tɕi]), translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period. The first edition was published posthumously in 1702.
- Authored By: Matsuo Basho
In Genre: Nonfiction Prose, Lead section, form
a prose and verse travel diary
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