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The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki

Written by: Matsuo Basho, Kamo no Chomei
Narrated by: Togo Igawa
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Japanese poetry is well-known for its clarity and concision, and The Narrow Road to the Interior and Hojoki are two of the best-loved, and most intensely Japanese, works of their kind; famous for their beautiful, delicate verse and subtle insight into the human condition. It has been said of The Narrow Road that 'it was as if the very soul of Japan had itself written it'. It takes the form of a travel diary, and traces the poet's journey from Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to the northern interior. Hojoki, a much earlier work written by Chomei, a Buddhist hermit, is essentially a meditation on the transience of the world. Read by the famous classical Japanese actor Togo Igawa, the full beauty of its ancient cadences and rhythms is drawn out.
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Eastern Classics Poetry Essays World Literature
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What the critics say

"Hojoki, like Virgil's Eclogues, is a poetical hymn to pastoralism. Basho's prose...is equally passionate." (The Guardian)

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Cadence of speech is excellent, supports poetry.

This is an excellent work of writing, only made all the more impactful by the contribution of an excellent audio book narrator.

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