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![Shirakawa barrier, where all travelers had to pass enroute north. Basho mentions this gate, symbolic as the beginning of the...](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/0be40bdc-4e6b-11e0-8b67-8d5fef4d63cf/97001000052_xgaplus.jpg)
![Basho Park along Nakagawa River, so named because Basho stayed in this area for 14 days](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/09280f56-4e6b-11e0-933a-81dd689d6407/97001000053_xgaplus.jpg)
Basho Park along Nakagawa River, so named because Basho stayed in this area for 14 days
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 28.2 Mpixels (80.6 MB uncompressed) - 6500x4333 pixels (21.7x14.4 in / 55x36.7 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Basho, MM7452, Basho Park, Nakagawa River, River, fall, autumn. Kurobane, Tochigi, Japan
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