Oku no Hosomichi

Oku no Hosomichi (奥の細道; Japanese pronunciation: [oꜜ.kɯ no | ho.soꜜ.mʲi.tɕi]), translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period. The first edition was published posthumously in 1702.