Basho
Basho
1. Where and when does Basho start his travels?
Basho's journey starts from a 17th Century Japanese city called Edo (present-day Tokyo). He had a cottage in a quiet, rural part of the city. He left Edo in the Spring season, " It was the Twenty-seventh Day, almost the end of the Third Month." (p. 2112)
2. Why does Basho start his travels?
Like many of us do, Basho was beginning to question the purpose of his existence. In comparison to what Dante was going through during the time he wrote the Inferno, Basho is having somewhat of a mid-life crisis.
" I myself fell prey to wanderlust some years ago, desiring nothing better than to be a vagrant cloud scudding before the wind... But the year ended before I knew it... Bewitched by the god of restlessness, I lost my peace of mind; summoned by the spirits of the road, I felt unable to settle down to anything."
Also, consider the political context surrounding Basho. He lives in an Imperialist society where......
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