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Along this road

Matsuo Basho, Matsuo Basho poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Matsuo Basho
(1644 - 1694) Timeline

English version by
R. H. Blyth

Original Language
Japanese
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
17th Century

Along this road
Goes no one;
This autumn evening.

 

 

 


 
 
 
 
 


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A Box of Zen: Haiku the Poetry of Zen, Koans the Lessons of Zen, Sayings the Wisdom of Zen, Edited by Manuela Dunn Mascetti / Edited by Timothy Hugh Barrett
Classic Haiku: An Anthology of Poems by Basho and His Followers, Translated by Asataro Miyamori
The Complete Basho Poems, Translated by Keith Harrison
The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson & Issa, Translated by Robert Hass

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