New York: Grossman Publishers, (1971). First edition - Basho's travels throughout Japan inspired his poetry and especially his haiku. "Oku-No-Hosomichi" was the last of his travel journals and considered the most mature. It appears her in a bilingual edition with the Japanese on the verso facing the English translation by Cid Corman and Kamaike Susumu. Cover Illustration by Hayakawa Ikutada. Includes an introduction, a translator's preface and pronunciation guide as well as extensive notes by the translators. 143 pp. plus a map of back roads. ISBN: 0-670144029.