{"product_id":"back-roads-to-far-towns-basho-9781893996311","title":"Back Roads to Far Towns: Basho's Travel Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBasho\u003c\/b\u003e (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 he recorded in travel journals. This translation of his most mature journal, \u003ci\u003eOku-No-Hosomichi\u003c\/i\u003e, details the most arduous part of a nine-month journey with his friend and disciple, Sora, through the backlands north of the capital, west to the Japan Sea and back toward Kyoto. More than a record of the journey, Basho's journal is a poetic sequence that has become a center of the Japanese mind\/heart. Ten illustrations by Hide Oshiro illuminate the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCid Corman\u003c\/b\u003e was well-known as a poet, translator and editor of \u003ci\u003eOrigin\u003c\/i\u003e, the ground-breaking poetry magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Basho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 189399631X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781893996311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e White Pine Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.04h x 5.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 18","brand":"Basho","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047908405503,"sku":"9781893996311","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d88c1dad-6320-4b14-8ace-c3c62b671280.jpg?v=1684992838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/back-roads-to-far-towns-basho-9781893996311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}