Here is the most complete single-volume collection of the writings of one of the great luminaries of Asian literature. Basho (1644-1694)-who elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty-is best known in the West as the author of Narrow Road to the Interior, a travel diary of linked prose and haiku that recounts his journey through the far northern provinces of Japan. This volume includes a masterful translation of this celebrated work along with three other less well-known but important works by Basho: Travelogue of Weather-Beaten Bones, The Knapsack Notebook, and Sarashina Travelogue. There is also a selection of over