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... journey with compassion in his heart . In three years I will be forty - six years old and turning forty - seven , the same age as Matsuo Bashō when he began his last , greatest journey . And I will hope against odds that my own greatest ...
... journey with compassion in his heart . In three years I will be forty - six years old and turning forty - seven , the same age as Matsuo Bashō when he began his last , greatest journey . And I will hope against odds that my own greatest ...
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... journey , and the journey itself is home . -Bashō , Oku no hosomichi Bashō rose long before dawn , but even at such an early hour , he knew the day would grow rosy bright . It was spring , 1689. In Ueno and Yanaka , cherry trees were in ...
... journey , and the journey itself is home . -Bashō , Oku no hosomichi Bashō rose long before dawn , but even at such an early hour , he knew the day would grow rosy bright . It was spring , 1689. In Ueno and Yanaka , cherry trees were in ...
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... journey , visiting Ise , Nagoya , Iga , Yoshino , and Nara , traveling with a disciple who had been exiled . The writing from this journey would not be published until 1709 , more than ten years after the poet's death . Scholars date ...
... journey , visiting Ise , Nagoya , Iga , Yoshino , and Nara , traveling with a disciple who had been exiled . The writing from this journey would not be published until 1709 , more than ten years after the poet's death . Scholars date ...
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