Matsuo Basho (Illustrated Japanese Classics)
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: July 11, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780870115530
Subjects: Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -; Matsuo, Basho; Japanese Poetry; Poetry; Japanese; Biography/Autobiography; Matsuo, Basho,; General; Poetry / Asian; Criticism and interpretation; 1644-1694
First sentence: ONE DAY in the spring of 1681 a banana tree was seen being planted alongside a modest hut in a rustic area of Edo, a city now known as Tokyo.