More recently, thinkers have struggled to find a definition that could encompass formal differences as great as those between Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Matsuo Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi, as well as differences in context spanning Tanakh religious poetry, love poetry, and rap.

* Oku no Hosomichi ( Narrow Road to the Interior ) ( 1694 )

* Travels along the path Matsuo Bashō followed for Oku no Hosomichi.

Matsuo Bashō wrote Oku no Hosomichi ( 1702 ), a travel diary.

Bashō visited and wrote about Iwate in the journey described in Oku no Hosomichi.

In his famous Japanese travel journal Oku no Hosomichi ( Narrow Road to the Deep North ) composed of mixed haiku poetry and prose, Matsuo Basho ( 1644 – 94 ) in attempting to describe the eternal in this perishable world is often moved in conscience ; for example by a thicket of summer grass being all that remains of the dreams and ambitions of ancient warriors.

Some of the most famous of these include Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji ( 1021 ), about Heian court culture ; Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings ( 1645 ), concerning military strategy ; Matsuo Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi ( 1691 ), a travelogue ; and Jun ' ichirō Tanizaki's essay " In Praise of Shadows " ( 1933 ), which contrasts Eastern and Western cultures.

The haiku poet Matsuo Bashō wrote Oku no Hosomichi ( The Narrow Road to the Deep North ) during his travels through Tōhoku.

Shirakawa is passed through in Oku no Hosomichi by Basho.

* Basho's Oku no Hosomichi Haiku Journey Memorial

In 1936, he again began to walk, intent on following the trail of the famous haiku poet Bashō ( 1644 – 1694 ) as described in Oku no Hosomichi ( The Narrow Road to the Interior ).

Bashō's introductory sentences are the most quoted of Oku no Hosomichi:

The poet Matsuo Bashō memorialized his travels along the Ōshū Kaidō ( and elsewhere ) in the book Oku no Hosomichi.

He wrote some haibun as travel accounts during his various journeys, the most famous of which is Oku no Hosomichi ( Narrow Road to the Interior ).

He wrote of the temple in his Oku no Hosomichi.

Haiku poet Matsuo Bashō passed through the area on the trip that became his masterwork Oku no Hosomichi.

" Hajime Yatate " is considered named after a quote of Matsuo Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi:

Following in the footsteps of his idol, Matsuo Bashō, Buson traveled through the wilds of northern Honshū that had been the inspiration for Bashō's famous travel diary, Oku no Hosomichi ( The Narrow Road to the Interior ).

In 1997 three further sequels ( BS Do-Re-Mi No. 2, BS Do-Re-Mi Oku no Original Sound Witch-Blue Sound Witch, and BS Do-Re-Mi Oku no Original Sound Witch-Power Sound Witch ) were broadcast via Satellaview to Japanese fans.

However, trips to the Sakunami Hot Springs as well as the Yamadera temple well-known from Matsuo Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi are popular.

** 100 Oku no Otoko

Cid Corman did not speak, read or write Japanese, even though his co-translation with Susumu Kamaike of Bashō's Oku No Hosomichi ( see above ) is considered to be one of the most accurate in tone in the English language.

According to the Man ' yōshū ( The Anthology of Ten Thousand Leaves ), the first Saiō to serve at Ise Grand Shrine was Princess Oku, daughter of Emperor Temmu, during the Asuka period of Japanese history.

was a town located in Oku District, Okayama, Japan.

On November 1, 2004 Ushimado was merged with the towns of Oku and Osafune, all from Oku District, to form the new city of Setouchi.

was a town located in Oku District, Okayama, Japan.

On November 1, 2004 Oku was merged with the towns of Osafune and Ushimado, all from Oku District, to form the new city of Setouchi.

was a town located in Oku District, Okayama, Japan.

On November 1, 2004 Osafune was merged with the towns of Oku and Ushimado, all from Oku District, to form the new city of Setouchi.

A freeware ( although later shareware ) browser for the PalmOS was Palmscape, written in 1998 by Kazuho Oku in Japan, who went on to found Ilinx.

is a seinen manga which was the first work created by manga artist Hiroya Oku, who is best known for Gantz.

Setouchi was founded on November 1, 2004 by the merger of the former towns of Oku, Osafune and Ushimado, all from the former Oku District.

Katsuhiko Oku ( 奥 克彦 Oku Katsuhiko, January 3, 1958-November 29, 2003 ) was a Japanese diplomat who played rugby for Oxford and Waseda University.

Proceeds from the recent game in Japan between Waseda and Oxford ( which Waseda won for the first time ever ) also went to the fund, and the game was called the Katsuhiko Oku Memorial match.

Mr. Katsuyuki Kiyomiya, the coach of Waseda's highly successful rugby team 2001-6, was a friend of Mr. Oku, and is a trustee of his memorial fund in Japan.

After Japan occupied Dalny, a memorial tower was erected on top of Nanshan Hill with a poem by General Oku.

The track was composed by Sound Team JDK and arranged by Michio Fujisawa, Kentaro Haneda, Tomohiko Kishimoto, Keiichi Oku, Hiroshi Shinkawa and Kazuhide Shirota.

Oku is a very mountainous region, around four thousand feet ( 1200 m ) above sea level, and thus rather cool considering its latitude.

* February 2 – Princess Oku of Japan ( b. 661 )

* November 12 – In Japan, Princess Oku proceeds to the Ise Jingu.

In 1903, he went to the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr at St. Cyr, France, but returned to Japan the following year and served with his regiment as a captain under General Yasukata Oku in the Russo-Japanese War.