The Narrow Road and Hojoki (Naxos Poe...
Matsuo BashoJapanese poetry is well-known for its clarity and concision, and The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hjki are two of the best-loved, and most intensely Japanese, works of their kind; famous for their beautiful, delicate verse and subt...
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and...
Matsuo BashoIn his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' he was a serious student of Zen Buddhism setting off on a seri...