The Path of Secret Lands. Travel Journal and Haikus.
Olizane| N° d'inventaire | 23508 |
| Format | 14 x 21 |
| Détails | 414 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Geneva, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782880864880 |
In his book Oku No Hosomichi, or The Path of Secret Lands, Mastuo Bashô records his final journey to the far reaches of Japan's far north. An undisputed master of haiku and a follower of Zen Buddhist philosophy, this Japanese monk-poet undertook, at the end of 1689, a long pilgrimage through what was then terra incognita for most Japanese. He brought back this travel journal, in the form of short prose texts, punctuated by his famous haikus.
This book is in some ways an introduction to Bashô's work.
The author, Jean Marc Chounavelle, allows the reader, through enlightened commentaries, to get a closer taste of this subtle and refined writing. After a brief historical reminder, he offers a biography of the poet, then presents some of the sages who were his closest disciples and who shared the same passion for poetry. Then, at the pace of Bashô's travel diary, Jean Marc Chounavelle provides the literary and historical keys necessary for a sensitive approach to this eminently poetic form of writing, to this jewel of Japanese culture and its relationship with the great philosophical currents of ancient China or Korea.
In his book Oku No Hosomichi, or The Path of Secret Lands, Mastuo Bashô records his final journey to the far reaches of Japan's far north. An undisputed master of haiku and a follower of Zen Buddhist philosophy, this Japanese monk-poet undertook, at the end of 1689, a long pilgrimage through what was then terra incognita for most Japanese. He brought back this travel journal, in the form of short prose texts, punctuated by his famous haikus.
This book is in some ways an introduction to Bashô's work.
The author, Jean Marc Chounavelle, allows the reader, through enlightened commentaries, to get a closer taste of this subtle and refined writing. After a brief historical reminder, he offers a biography of the poet, then presents some of the sages who were his closest disciples and who shared the same passion for poetry. Then, at the pace of Bashô's travel diary, Jean Marc Chounavelle provides the literary and historical keys necessary for a sensitive approach to this eminently poetic form of writing, to this jewel of Japanese culture and its relationship with the great philosophical currents of ancient China or Korea.