Back roads to far places after Basho
By: Lawrence Ferlinghetti ; Stephanie Peek.
Contributors: Matsuo, Bashō, 1644-1694.; Tokugenji Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Tokugenji Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Nara, Japan]
Language: eng
Subjects: Artists' books -- Japan -- Nara
Notes: "Back roads to far places after Basho. Poetry by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 10 etchings by Stephanie Peek. Printed by Paul Mullowney, Tokugenji Press, Nara, Japan. Mounting by Shosaku Yoshimura, Ouda, Japan. Edition printed on Yoshino Kizuki paper handmade by Hiroyuki Fukunishi. Edition of 10 scrolls numbered 1/10 through 10/10 plus 3 artists' proofs and 1 trial proof. Text hand-set in Centaur type by Michael Bixler, Skaneateles, New York. Letterpress printed by Alan Hillesheim, Digger Pine Press, Berkeley, California. Design and layout by Stephanie Peek. Published April 2003"--Accompanying documentation in box.

Handmade paper 28 x 165 cm. mounted on scroll 31 x 236 cm. with nine poems printed with accompanying etching as well as a "title page" with accompanying etching.

LC has copy marked on outside of scroll, 7/10.