Written in a mixture of prose vignettes known as haibun and the
17-syllable poems of haiku, this slim volume contains five travel
sketches from Bashi's wanderings through his native Japan in the
17th century. Few books so brilliantly marry a journey through a
physical exterior with the interior landscape of the traveller.
Mountains collared by clouds and cedar trees dripping rain become a
subtle revelation of Bashi's own state of mind. The purity and
simplicity of the writing is breathtaking. In four short haiku
lines Bashi is able to conjure the spirit of place and of his own
shifting moods in a way that would take other writers whole pages.
(Kirkus UK)
Bash-o’s haiku are a series of superb pictures in which whole landscapes and seasons are evoked by description of the crucial details.
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