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"The road gods beckoned." Thus the poet Matsuo Basho set off in 1689 into Japan's backcountry. His journal, Narrow Road to a Far Province, described a path, still visible on Natagiri Pass, that devotees have followed ever since.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 1.5 Mpixels (4.29 MB uncompressed) - 1500x1000 pixels (5x3.3 in / 12.7x8.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Asia, Asian, autumn, Basho, fall, foliage, fores, glow, Japan, Japanese, leaves, light, Matsuo, Natagiri Pass, pass, path, rays, stairs, steps, trail, woods
Published in: Japan, On the Trail of a Ghost