Overview : The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no Hosomichi), one of the most famous travelogue, written by Basho Matsuo, was published in 1702. In order to see the places which poets were written, Basho and his apprentice Sora went to Tohoku region from Edo. The travel on foot (2,400km) was very hard and spent for about 150 days. Since this travelogue has become popular , people go to Tohoku or Hokuriku region to follow Basho’s footsteps. Kotodamaya shows dates, poems and locations which Basho visited.
Prologue
Departure
Soka
Muro no Yashima
Hotoke Gozaemon
Nikko? part1
Nikko? part2
Nasu
Kurobane
Unganji
Sesshoseki
Yugyo yanagi
Shirakawa
Sukagawa? part1
Sukagawa? part2
Asaka
Shinobu
Sato Shoji
Iizuka
Kasajima
Takekuma
Miyagino
Tsubo no Ishibumi
Matsuyama
Tenryu ji
Shiokoshi no Matsu
Zensho ji
Yamanaka
Nata
Shiogama
Matsushima
Ishinomaki
Hiraizumi? part1
Hiraizumi? part2
Shitoma no seki
Obanazawa
Risshakuji
Mogami river
Haguro part1
Haguro part2
Sakata
Kisagata
Echigo
Ichiburi
Kanazawa? part1
Kanazawa? part2
Kanazawa? part3
Nagonoura
Komatsu
Eihei ji
Tousai
Tsuruga
Iro no hama
Oogaki
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