"BASHO" [Trans: CORMAN, Cid; SUSUMU, Kamaike]

[Oku-No-Hosomichi] Back Roads to Far Towns

Tokyo & New York: Musinsha/Grossman, 1968. Second Printing. Octavo. 26.5cm. Publisher's black linen spine over sage green paper covered boards titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 173pp.;[2]. Strong and straight, a little dusty in places, gilt bright; internally clean and fresh, brown endpapers decorated in Japanese script, Japanese price sticker to inside front flap, illustrated throughout; in a sharp, bright dustjacket, the whole volume housed in an original publisher's cardboard presentation box with some toning and wear. A very good, handsome copy.

Basho's meandering and beautifully composed account of pilgrimages through, around and across Japan, presented here in a translation by noted poet Cid Corman.

Price: $75.00

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