There did we begin
Cloistered in that waterfall
Our summer discipline
- Basho
In this month's National Geogaphic Magazine, there is an article on the hiking trip the Japanese Poet Basho took in 1689. If you click on the title of this post, you'll be directed to that article. The photographs are simply breath taking.
I posted about Basho's trip in August of 2005, and included a link to an online version of Basho's journal. Please visit the archives. The post was entitled "Speaking of Hiking an Ancient Trail."
you're right the pictures are breathtaking. yamashita has an aesthetic focus to his lens. the first picture, of the stairs, reminds me of parks in this area. there is a section where you turn a corner in the trail, and off to the left, if you know just where -- and when -- to look, you will find pink ladyslipper orchids.
ReplyDeletei didn't read the article, but i am wondering if these places were along a single road trip, or if these were familiar grounds to basho.
ms lili
Zen, over at http://zensekai.wordpress.com/
ReplyDeleteis planning on moving to Japan in a few years. Among his hobbies is photography.
With any luck, he'll have the time to follow Basho's trail, and blog what he finds.