Oku no Hosomichi

E412236
Japanese literary work haibun poetic prose travel diary

Oku no Hosomichi is a classic Japanese travel diary and poetic masterpiece by Matsuo Bashō that recounts his journey through northern Japan, blending haiku with prose.

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Label Occurrences
Oku no Hosomichi canonical 5
The Narrow Road to the Deep North 1
The Narrow Road to the Interior 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese literary work ⓘ
haibun ⓘ
poetic prose ⓘ
travel diary ⓘ
alternativeTitle Narrow Road to the Deep North ⓘ
surface form: The Narrow Road of the Interior
associatedWith Japanese aesthetics ⓘ
haiku ⓘ
author Matsuo Bashō ⓘ
canonicalStatus classic of Japanese literature ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance masterpiece of haibun form ⓘ
dateWritten late 17th century ⓘ
genre diary ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation Yes ⓘ
hasPart haiku ⓘ
prose passages ⓘ
influenced Japanese travel writing ⓘ
later haiku poets ⓘ
journeyStartYear 1689 ⓘ
literaryForm haibun ⓘ
literaryMovement Edo-period literature ⓘ
literaryTechnique blend of prose and verse ⓘ
mainCharacter Matsuo Bashō ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notableEnglishTranslators Donald Keene ⓘ
Nobuyuki Yuasa ⓘ
Sam Hamill ⓘ
originalLanguage Japanese ⓘ
placeDepicted Edo ⓘ
Hiraizumi ⓘ
Kanazawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matsushima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nikko ⓘ
Sakata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tohoku region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Japan ⓘ
surface form: northern Japan
settingPeriod Edo period ⓘ
structure sequence of travel episodes ⓘ
style concise and allusive ⓘ
theme Buddhist reflection ⓘ
impermanence ⓘ
landscape and memory ⓘ
nature ⓘ
solitude ⓘ
travel and pilgrimage ⓘ
titleMeaning Narrow Road to the Deep North ⓘ
surface form: The Narrow Road to the Deep North
travelCompanion Kawai Sora ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matsuo Bashō → notableWork → Oku no Hosomichi ⓘ
Mogami River → mentionedInWork → Oku no Hosomichi ⓘ
Narrow Road to the Deep North → titleInJapanese → Oku no Hosomichi ⓘ
this entity surface form: 奥の細道
Narrow Road to the Deep North → romanizedTitle → Oku no Hosomichi ⓘ
Narrow Road to the Deep North → alsoKnownAs → Oku no Hosomichi ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Narrow Road to the Deep North → alsoKnownAs → Oku no Hosomichi ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Narrow Road to the Interior
Nozarashi Kikō → relatedWork → Oku no Hosomichi ⓘ
Kashima Kikō → relatedWorkByAuthor → Oku no Hosomichi ⓘ