The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Name: The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Author: Matsuo Basho

by Matsuo Basho

Travel journal and haiku collection from a journey through Japan

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Matsuo Basho

Japanese poet who perfected the haiku form and elevated it to a serious literary art. His travel journal Oku no Hosomichi (Narrow Road to the Deep North) interweaves prose and haiku in a genre he pioneered.

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