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ISBN10: 4770020287, ISBN13: 9784770020284, [publisher: Kodansha USA] Softcover In the account which he named The Narrow Road to Oku, Basho makes a journey lasting 150 days, in which he travels, on foot, a distance of 600 ri.This was three hundred years ago, when the average distance covered by travelers was apparently 9 ri per day, so it is clear that Basho, who was forty years old at the time, possessed a remarkably sturdy pair of walking legs. Nowadays with the development of all sorts of means of transportation, travel is guaranteed to be pleasant and convenient in every respect, so it's almost impossible for us to imagine the kind of journey Basho undertook, "drifting with the clouds and streams," and "lodging under trees and on bare rocks."During my countless re-readings of The Narrow Road to Oku, I would bear that in mind, and the short text, which takes up less than 50 pages even in the pocket-book edition, would strike me as much longer than that, and I would feel truly awed by Basho's 2,450-kilometer journey.I chose The Narrow Road to Oku as the theme of the exhibition marking the thirtieth anniversary of my career as an artist. As somebody who has been illustrating works from Japanese literature for many years, the subject naturally attracted and interested me. But once I'd embarked on the project, it wasn't long before I realized I'd chosen a more difficult and delicate task th ...

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Kodansha 1996 First edition. First Edition Third Printing Trade paperback Miyata, Masayuki New. Text in English, Japanese. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 188 p. Contains: Illustrations. Illustrated Japanese Classics. Audience: General/trade. Kodansha USA. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Stated First Edition, Third Printing AB51 In the account which he named The Narrow Road to Oku, Basho makes a journey lasting 150 days, in which he travels, on foot, a distance of 600 ri. This was three hundred years ago, when the average distance covered by travelers was apparently 9 ri per day, so it is clear that Basho, who was forty years old at the time, possessed a remarkably sturdy pair of walking legs. Nowadays with the development of all sorts of means of transportation, travel is guaranteed to be pleasant and convenient in every respect, so it's almost impossible for us to imagine the kind of journey Basho undertook, drifting with the clouds and streams, and lodging under trees and on bare rocks.

Kodansha, Date: 1996. First edition. First Edition Third Printing. Trade paperback. New. Miyata, Masayuki. Kodansha, 1996. First edition. First Edition Third Printing. New.. Miyata, Masayuki. Text in English, Japanese. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 188 p. Contains: Illustrations. Illustrated Japanese Classics. Audience: General/trade. Kodansha USA. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Stated First Edition, Third Printing In the account which he named The Narrow Road to Oku, Basho makes a journey lasting 150 days, in which he travels, on foot, a distance of 600 ri. This was three hundred years ago, when the average distance covered by travelers was apparently 9 ri per day, so it is clear that Basho, who was forty years old at the time, possessed a remarkably sturdy pair of walking legs. Nowadays with the development of all sorts of means of transportation, travel is guaranteed to be pleasant and convenient in every respect, so it's almost impossible for us to imagine the kind of journey Basho undertook, drifting with the clouds and streams, and lodging under trees and on bare rocks. AB51 1996. Kodansha ISBN 4770020287 9784770020284 [US]