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Journey Into the Heart of Japan

On the Road with Bashō

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  • 11 heures de lecture

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Matsuo Basho was the supreme master of the haiku. He went up to Edo, the shogun's capital, a young man determined to succeed as a poet. He won acclaim at haiku gatherings, only to withdraw to a hermitage in reaction to the vulgarization of the haiku by the Danrin school. His withdrawal was a flight toward the realm of "wabi" - simplicity and quiet. Later his hermitage was razed in a conflagration. The feeling that he was without a home became linked in his mind with the Buddhist idea of the transitoriness of life. He began to travel. He tramped a perpetual journey, distilling the complexities of reality into pithy images that became the trademark of his school. Author Makoto Sugawara recounts the life of Basho the poet through detailed and perceptive analysis of the best of his haiku.

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Journey Into the Heart of Japan, Makoto Sugawara

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Année de publication
1991
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Titre
Journey Into the Heart of Japan
Sous-titre
On the Road with Bashō
Langue
Anglais
Publié
1991
Format
rigide
Pages
300
ISBN10
4915645096
ISBN13
9784915645099
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Mots clés
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Matsuo Basho was the supreme master of the haiku. He went up to Edo, the shogun's capital, a young man determined to succeed as a poet. He won acclaim at haiku gatherings, only to withdraw to a hermitage in reaction to the vulgarization of the haiku by the Danrin school. His withdrawal was a flight toward the realm of "wabi" - simplicity and quiet. Later his hermitage was razed in a conflagration. The feeling that he was without a home became linked in his mind with the Buddhist idea of the transitoriness of life. He began to travel. He tramped a perpetual journey, distilling the complexities of reality into pithy images that became the trademark of his school. Author Makoto Sugawara recounts the life of Basho the poet through detailed and perceptive analysis of the best of his haiku.