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Shrines, hot springs and Zen: Following Donald Keene on Basho's 'Narrow Road'

After leaving Kanazawa, Donald Keene's late-spring 1955 journey following the route described in Matsuo Basho's "Oku no Hosomichi" (translated by Keen

  • Donald Keene journeyed along Basho's Oku no Hosomichi route in 1955
  • Keene visited Tata Jinja shrine with Saito Sanemori's helmet and brocade robe fragments
  • Keene stayed at Yamanaka Hot Springs, Basho's haiku gathering destination

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