Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. On the Narrow Road to the Deep North was filmed by Channel 4 and WNET as ‘Journey to a Lost Japan’.
It is one of those rare books that provide a window into a vanished world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Rich in atmosphere and history, On the Narrow Road to the Deep North evokes both the chaos and concrete of the new Japan and the simple aesthetic of the old. this edition also includes maps and notes on the texts.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a travel narrative, or poetic diary, written by Matsuo Munefusa (also known as Matsuo Bash) during the Edo Period. IN his introduction, he examines the development of the haibun style in which poetry and prose stand side by side. In his lucid translation Nobuyuki Yuasa captures the Lyrical qualities of Basho's poetry and prose by using the natural rhythms and language of the contemporary speech. Theres seventeenth-century travel writing not only chronicle Basho's perilous journeys through Japan, but they also capture his vision of eternity in the transient world around him. He wrote of the seasons changin, of the smells of the rain, the brightness of the moon, and beauty of the waterfall, through which he sense mysteries of the universe.
When he composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling.
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