How does one review travel writings and poems that were written in the late 1600s? Well, truthfully, you don't. They've successfully shown the test of time and demonstrated why they are considered to be classics.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by
Matsuo Basho really is a prototype for top notch travel writing.
No matter where I fall
On the road,
Fall will I to be buried
Among flowering bush-clovers.
Haiku is prominently, and masterfully, used in all of four ...
