“Just as Ryokan’s life is inseparable from his poetry, the translation’s clarity of diction is inseparable from the sensitive brushwork on each page. A book to be gazed into again and again.”—Charlott
Basho (1644-1694), the most famous Haiku poet of Japan, recorded his many travels around Japan in his journals. Cid Corman's translation of Basho's most mature journal details the most arduous part o