| Description |
2 audio discs (2 hr. 5 min., 52 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
020552 |
| Performer |
Read by Togo Igawa (Hōjōki) and Takashi Sudo (The narrow road). |
| System Details |
Compact disc, digital recording. |
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System requirements for disc 2: Windows PC, Apple, or any other computer with a PDF reader and the capability to read CD-ROMs. |
| Note |
CD-ROM (disc 2) contains detailed notes, by Hiroaki Sato, on The narrow road. |
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Insert in container (32 p. : ill., map, ports.) includes historical, biographical, and critical notes by Yasuhiko Moriguchi and David Jenkins, Cor van den Heuvel, and Hiroaki Sato. |
| Summary |
The life of the hermit, and the need to retreat from busy, everyday life to be closer to nature, are expressed in these two pillars of Japanese classic literature. Hōjōki (The ten-foot square hut) dates from the 13th century and is an intensely moving account of Chomei's decision to leave a life in the capital of Japan and retire to the mountains to live in monastic seclusion. Narrow road yo the interior, written in the 17th century by Bashō, a haiku master, tells of his journey into the wild and dangerous countryside "across the Shirakawa Barrier". |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Hōjōki / by Kamo no Chōmei ; Narrow road to the interior / by Matsuo Bashō -- disc 2. Narrow road to the interior (continued). |
| Language |
Read in English; translated from Japanese (Hōjōki translated by Yasuhiko Moriguchi and David Jenkins; The narrow road translated by Hiroaki Sato). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recoding. |
| Subject |
Japanese literature -- Translations into English.
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Japanese poetry -- Translations into English.
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Hermits -- Japan.
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Matsuo, Bashō, 1644-1694 -- Travel -- Japan.
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Authors, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- Travel -- Japan.
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Japan -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Kamo, Chōmei, 1153?-1216?
Hōjōki. English.
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Igawa, Togo, 1946-
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Sudō, Takashi.
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Moriguchi, Yasuhiko.
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Jenkins, David.
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Sato, Hiroaki, 1942-
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| Added Title |
Oku no hosomichi. English
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Narrow road to the interior |
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Hōjōki |
| ISBN |
9789626348796 |
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9626348798 |
| Music No. |
NA287912 Naxos AudioBooks |
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