Download or read book Narrow Road to the Interior written by Bashō Matsuo and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matsuo Basho was the greatest of the Japanese haiku poets, whose genius elevated the haiku to an art form of intense spiritual beauty. This, one of the most revered classics of Japanese literature, is a diary of Basho's journey to the northern interior of Japan.