oku_no_hosomichi_librivoxMatsuo Bashoaudiolibrivoxaudio<a href="http://librivox.org/">Librivox</a> recording of <em>Oku no Hosomichi</em>, by Matsuo Bash&#333;. Read in Japanese by <a href="http://eloise.cocolog-nifty.com/rodoku/">kaseumin</a>. <em>Oku no Hosomichi</em> (meaning Narrow Road to Oku [the Deep North]) is a major work by Matsuo Bash&#333;. Oku no Hosomichi was written based on a journey taken by Basho in the late spring of 1689. He and his traveling companion Sora departed from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) for the northerly interior region known as Oku, propelled mostly by a desire to see the places about which the old poets wrote. Travel in those days was, of course, very dangerous to one's health, but Bash&#333; was committed to a kind of poetic ideal of wandering. He travelled for about 156 days all together, covering thousands of miles mostly on foot. Of all of Bash&#333;'s works, <em>Oku no Hosomichi</em> is best known. (Summary from Wikipedia) For more free audiobooks, or to find out how you can volunteer, please visit <a href="http://librivox.org/">librivox.org</a>.librivox; audiobook; literature; japanesehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/2006-03-04 11:03:51info@librivox.orglibrivoxbookslibrivoxbookslibrivoxbookslibrivoxbooks2006-03-04 11:18:152006-03-05 17:42:222006-03-20 12:44:282006-03-20 12:48:19LibriVoxLibrivox recording of a public-domain text2006-05-20 01:42:59librivoxbooksaudio_bookspoetry