{"product_id":"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Pine Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051227529456,"sku":"9781893996311","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781893996311_p0.jpg?v=1763609619","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781893996311","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}