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  • On Love and Barley

    Haiku of Basho

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Lucien Stryk ...
    Basho, one of the greatest of Japanese poets and the master of haiku, was also a Buddhist monk and a life-long traveller. His poems combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation. Each poem evokes the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Narrow Road to the Interior

    And Other Writings

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Sam Hamill ...
    Series series Shambhala Classics
    A masterful translation of one of the most-loved classics of Japanese literature—part travelogue, part haiku collection, part account of spiritual awakeningBashō (1644–1694)—a great luminary of Asian literature who elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty—is renowned in the West as the author of Narrow Road to the Interior, a travel diary of linked prose ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa ...
    'It was with aweThat I beheldFresh leaves, green leaves,Bright in the sun'When the Japanese haiku master Basho 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. He writes of the seasons changing, the smell of the rain, the brightness ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Narrow Road of Oku

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    A lively new translation of "the greatest of all Japanese books of spiritual wandering" (Robert Hass).In the spring of 1689, Basho set off from Tokyo on a now-famous pilgrimage: this epic walk, spanning about 1500 miles, took him to the deep north of Honshu, and then back along the island’s western coast and finally down to Lake Biwa. Along his route he encountered friends and fellow travelers, ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times

    Selected Haiku of Basho

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by David Young ...
    Vivid new translations of Basho's popular haiku, in a selected format ideal for newcomers as well as fans long familiar with the Japanese master.Basho, the famously bohemian traveler through seventeenth-century Japan, is a poet attuned to the natural world as well as humble human doings; "Piles of quilts/ snow on distant mountains/ I watch both," he writes. His work captures both the profound ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Basho's Narrow Road

    Spring and Autumn Passages

    by Matsuo Basho ...
    Translated by Hiroaki Sato ...
    Series series Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature
    A stimulating exploration of the haiku masterpiece.Matsuo Basho (1644-94) is considered Japan's greatest haiku poet. Narrow Road to the Interior (Oku no Hosomichi) is his masterpiece. Ostensibly a chronological account of the poet's five-month journey in 1689 into the deep country north and west of the old capital, Edo, the work is in fact artful and carefully sculpted, rich in literary and Zen ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Best Short Stories - 9

    Best Authors - Best stories

    by Sherwood Anderson, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Stephen Leacock, H.H. Munro (SAKI), Matsuo Basho ...
    Series Book 9 - The Best Short Stories
    Anton ChekhovH.H. Munro (SAKI)HP LovecraftBjørnstjerne BjørnsonStephen LeacockSherwood AndersonO. HenryAmbrose BierceMatsuo BashoJames JoyceEdted by Ahmet Ünal ÇAM ... Read more

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  • 7 best short stories - Motherhood

    by Matsuo Bashō, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, T. S. Arthur, James Joyce, Guy de Maupassant, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 46 - 7 best short stories - specials
    Motherhood is defined in the dictionary as "the experience of having and raising a child". But we know that there is much more to motherhood than the simplicity of this definition. The stories in this book were inspired by purity and pain, by joy and apprehension, by the countless nuances of being a mother. Discover the seven stories selected by the critic August Nemo that explore the beauty and ... Read more

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  • 7 short stories that Cancer will love

    by Matsuo Bashō, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Katherine Mansfield, Louisa May Alcott, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 4 - 7 short stories for your zodiac sign
    Deeply emotional and empathetic, the loyal and gentle Cancer will feel your pain and sincerely celebrate your victories. Its dark side hides a tendency to resentment and manipulation. In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected to illustrate the different aspects of the Cancer personality. For a more complete experience, be sure to also read the anthologies of your rising ... Read more

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  • 7 best short stories - Morality Tales

    by Stephen Leacock, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Kate Chopin, Guy de Maupassant, Matsuo Bashō, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 6 - 7 best short stories - specials
    One of the functions of literature is to share experiences and reflections, thus improving the community as a whole. It is in this spirit that the authors compiled here wrote stories full of important lessons. Critic August Nemo selected seven short stories with timeless messages: The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho - The Five Boons of Life by Mark Twain - The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Narrow Road to the Interior, Hōjōki

    by Matsuo Bashō ...
    Narrated by Togo Igawa, Takashi Sudo ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 5 min

    Japanese poetry is well-known for its clarity and concision, and Narrow Road to the Interior and Hōjōki are two of the best-loved, and most intensely Japanese, works of their kind; famous for their beautiful, delicate verse and subtle insight into the human condition. It has been said of Narrow Road that ‘it was as if the very soul of Japan had itself written it’. It takes the form of a travel ... Read more

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    These two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. In the short memoir Hôjôki, Chômei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of human existence. Kenko, however, displays a fascination with more earthy matters in his ... Read more

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