About the Author: BashÅ Matsuo
MATSUO BashÅ (æ¾å°¾ èŠè•‰) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, BashÅ was renowned for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, he is recognized as a master of brief and clear haiku.
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BashÅ Matsuo, Nobuyuki Yuasa
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Paperback, by Penguin Classics
ISBN10: 0140441859 | ISBN13: 9780140441857
Page count: 167
In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his attempts to cast off earthly attachments and reach out to spiritual fulfillment. The sketches are written in the "haibun" style--a linking of verse and prose. The title piece, in particular, reveals Basho striving to discover a vision of eternity in the transient world around him and his personal evocation of the mysteries of the universe.
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