Basho- Narrow road to the deep north – Flashcards
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Basho write what book
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Narrow Road to the Deep North
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What was Basho credited for
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turning the Haiku into an major art form
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what is at the foundation of Basho's book
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Zen buddhism
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what style is Basho's book written in
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haibun style
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what does Zen buddhism focus on
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quieting the rational powers of the mind. reasoning is the enemy of inner piece.
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in what period was this book written
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futile period- time of shoguns (military rulers)
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what were the poems called that he wrote
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haiku
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"Breaking the scilence of an ancient pond, a frog jumped into water- deep resonance
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deep resonance means lasting effect, heavy
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kireji
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word that causes poem to turn different direction suddenly
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why was the frog chosen?
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it goes to metamorphosis. it transforms
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what trigger his childhood memories
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when he goes back to native town and gets a lock of his mothers hair
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how are spirits incorporated
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everything in nature has a spirit
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meaning of "zen"
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meditation
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how does Basho write his haikus
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very short and deliberate . spontaneous intense amounts of concentration
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explain buddah belief toward nature and human
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all are one. experience as much as possible being alive. sense of communication between natural world and what you experience. merging with nature. ritual isnt important.
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pilgirmage is moving ____
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moving meditation. aware of and open to the moment
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why did he want to see the full moon
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because the person he admired did that.
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" on the following day it stated to rain in the afternoon and in no way could we see the rise of the moon" explain
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he was very upset, felt like the trip had no purpose now. he wanted to see a full moon. but he was comforted by the story of the lady that couldn't write anything
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what was revealed about Bashos past
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didnt have spiritual fulfillment before journey. he was concerned about his soul/spirit. he was in love with his art he was seeking unity with nature. needs to let go of material world
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how did basho prepare for his pilgrimage
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had a goodbye party. friends wrote him poems. he carries a paper coat, rain jakcet, cotton mantel. lots of stuff went with him.
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what type of spirit does basho have
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wind swept spirit- exposed and related to nature
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what does his diary emphasis
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loneliness and isolation. ruins. reflecting on decay and transience of all things. he welcomes loneliness
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explain "every one of us like the servent"
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recognition that no matter how fearful you choose to be, whatever is going to happen is going to happen, beyond human control.
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why does he feel compelled to go on the narrow road
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he is valuing the experience of being in touch with nature. selects most wild, dangerous, isolated difficul journey he could go on
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explain " to say more would violate the holiness"
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this is describing mount nikko, there is a emphasis on how great nature is. nature becomes a mediator of his spiritual changes
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explain poisonous stone
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its a projection of his coming death. he was anxious about the danger of the journey.
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whats one of the reasons he was crying on mt nikko
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fear of old age
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explain the siginificance of the chestnut tree
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represents connection to past. the tree is a sign of salvation his name means tree.
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saw the ramains... there was a lonely temple" explain
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weeping for him/them. seeing his death in theirs. sense of distance when he sets off, but he starts to lose that. emphasis on solitude/loneliness.
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what the "old complaint"
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his illness. he accepts it as a part of his traveling experience
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what are cherry blossoms symbolic of
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spring, rebirth, and new life
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"rejoiced with tears in eyes at this happy moment"
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poetry/writing becomes his monument
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explain island experience.
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feels closer to god the farther north he gos perfect spot for him to mediate
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"as i lay there... felt myself to be in the world totally different form the one im accustom to"
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he's finally having the experience he was searching for since the beginning (weatherworn skeleton). the island was the site of cleansing his mind/eperience- observing the moon on the water
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reason of his pilgrimage
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to become a weather exposed skeleton. he wants to convey the want to become part of nature by dissolving into it. notion of stripping away- essential state, essence of who/ what one is.
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explain what happens when he sees child on road
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he leaves the abandoned child there. the child is a symbol of essential frugality. he believes that taking care of this child is out of his hands. so he walks past child and prays for him as he walks along.
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"roar of pine trees... felt moved... powerful wind embraces cedar trees." explain
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sense of connectedness he goes from being in nature
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what was mt nikko focused on
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nature
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where does Basho reach his spiritual high point
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the sacred mountains
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what is required before he goes up the mountains
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purification
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what did the first mountain focus on
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religion, shinto Buddhism was focused here. sleep mummifying monks, monks would be buried alive.
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what are the mountains symbolic of
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birth, death and rebirth
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what is the rope symbolic of
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death, like a noose.
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"walk through the mist and clouds" explain
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reached the summit completely exhausted and almost frozen and then describes the beauty. mysterious power in water.
