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Travel Day (the day Matsuo Basho set off on his journey)

A Pilgrimage to the Narrow Road to the Deep North Source: Wikipedia
A Pilgrimage to the Narrow Road to the Deep North Source: Wikipedia

"Travel Day" Matsuo Basho set out on his journey to the Narrow Road to the Deep North on May 16, 1689 (March 27, Genroku 2 in the lunar calendar) with his disciple Kawai Sora.

It is said that Matsuo Basho "had a strong desire to travel around Tohoku to visit the famous places that were written about in his haiku poems, and he sold his house to raise money for the trip."

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In the Edo period, before airplanes, bullet trains, or automobiles, traveling on foot was the norm, a life-threatening endeavor fraught with great hardships. (Basho) Matsuo Basho not only traveled around Tohoku on foot during this time, but also left his travelogue, along with haiku, for future generations. His work is so highly regarded that it is still included in school textbooks today, and you've likely come across his famous preface and haiku. In this seven-article series, we trace Basho's footsteps in Tohoku, introducing the current state of the places he visited and the haiku he wrote about in "Oku no Hosomichi." The Narrow Road to the Deep North and...
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