Matsuo Basho művei

Auf schmalen Pfaden durchs Hinterland

Matsuo Bashôs Reisetagebuch "Auf schmalen Pfaden durchs Hinterland" (1689) gehört zu den Meisterwerken der Weltliteratur. Vor dem Hinterg...

Haibun

Haibun sind ein vom westlichen Lesepublikum noch nicht entdecktes Genre der japanischen Dichtkunst: zumeist kürzere Prosatexte in einem k...

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed T...

The Narrow Road of Oku

In the spring of 1689, Basho set off from Tokyo on a now-famous pilgrimage: this epic walk, spanning about 1500 miles, took him to the de...

The narrow road to the deep north and other travel sketches

Haiku (Penguin Classics 60s S

By combining the idea of "Karumi" --lightness of touch--and oneness with nature, Basho (1644-1694) rose above the artificiality of previo...