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Matsuo Bashō, Kamo no Chōmei: Narrow Road to the Interior, Hōjōki

(unabridged)

Read by Togo Igawa, and Takashi Sudo

Hōjōki, like Virgil’s Eclogues, is a poetical hymn to pastoralism. Bashō’s prose – he was a famous haiku master – is equally passionate.

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Kamo no Chomei: Hojoki

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Hojoki by Kamo no Chomei

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And then, in the sixth month…

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Later, was it in the Yowa era?

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Soon after, I wonder now, when was it?

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So as we see our life is hard in this world.

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As for me, I came into property…

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Then, well into my sixth decade…

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When I moved here…

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The morning is quiet…

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Matsuo Bashō: Narrow Road to the Interior

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Narrow Road to the Interior by Matsuo Basho

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On the twenty-seventh of the third month…

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This year, the second year of genroku…

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We paid our respects to muro no yashima…

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On the thirtieth we stayed at the foot of Mount Nikko…

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On the first day of the fourth month…

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Mount Dark Hair had haze around it…

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Because we had an acquaintance

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We visited joboji so and so…

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In this province, far inside Ungan Temple…

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From there we went to the killing rock…

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After days passed with us feeling uncertain…

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In time, we passed the barrier…

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About five li from Tokyu's house…

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The following day, we went to Shinobu village…

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We crossed the river at Tsukinowa ferry…

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That night we stayed in Iizuka…

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As we passed Abumizuri and Shiroishi Castles…

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We stayed in Iwanuma…

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We crossed the Natori River…

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As we walked along, relying on Kaemon's drawing…

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From there we visited Tama River of Noda…

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Early in the morning we paid our respects…

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Although this has been said a number of times…

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On the eleventh we paid our respects to Zui-Gan Temple…

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On the twelfth we meant to go to Hiraizumi…

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The glory of the three generations…

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Looking at the Nambu Highway in the distance…

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In Obanazawa we visited a man named Seifu…

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In the domain of Yamagata…

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Hoping to ride down the Mogami River…

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On the third day of the sixth month…

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After leaving Haguro…

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Though we had seen a countless number of natural wonders…

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As we accumulated days…

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Today, because we had come over the most difficult spots…

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They speak of the forty…

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Going over Mount Deutzia Flower…

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Here we paid our respects to Ota shrine…

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On our way to the hot springs of Yamanaka…

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We bathed in a hot spring…

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Sora developed stomach trouble…

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I stayed in a temple called Zensho-Ji…

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On the border of Echizen…

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I visited the resident monk of Tenryu Temple…

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It was only three li to Fukui…

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In time Shirane Peak hid itself…

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That night the moon was particularly fine…

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On the sixteenth day, with the sky clear…

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Rotsu had come as far as this port…

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