Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings (Shambhala Classics) by Matsuo Basho & Sam Hamill

Author:Matsuo Basho & Sam Hamill [Basho, Matsuo & Hamill, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781570627163
Amazon: 1570627169
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2000-09-26T04:00:00+00:00

Loneliness greater

than Genji’s Suma Beach:

the shores of autumn

Wave after wave

mixes tiny seashells with

bush clover flowers

Tōsai wrote a record of our afternoon and left it at the temple.

A disciple, Rotsū had come to Tsuruga to travel with me to Mino Province. We rode horses into the castle town of Ōgaki. Sora returned from Ise, joined by Etsujin, also riding a horse. We gathered at the home of Jokō, a retired samurai. Lord Zensen, the Keikou men, and other friends arrived by day and night, all to welcome me as though I’d come back from the dead. A wealth of affection!

Still exhausted and weakened from my long journey, on the sixth day of the darkest month, I felt moved to visit Ise Shrine,39 where a twenty-one-year Rededication Ceremony was about to get underway. At the beach, in the boat, I wrote:

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