奥の細道

aka Oku no Hosomichi

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Author

Matsuo Bashō

Language

Early Modern Japanese

Year

1702

Country

Japan

Genre

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem

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Oku no Hosomichi , translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period. The first edition was published posthumously in 1702.