A Study On Travel In "Austrian Trail"

The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which has been published in Genroku15, is thecollected works of Matsuo Bashō’ travel journals. it is recognized to be the highest-leveltravel journal in Japanese classical literature. This book is based on Matsuo Bashō’ travelsfrom March to August in Genroku2. Accompanied by his student Kawai Sora, Matsuo Bashōstarted from Edo (Tokyo) in27, March, and reached Ogaki in the late August. The wholetravel took him150days and the whole journey is as long as2400kilometers.This thesis firstly investigates the Edo system,then on the basis of historical background,the author focuses on these travels them-selves, and explores the cultural significances ofthese travels with the old-temple travel as an example.The author mainly has the following point of view. First of all, the comparison of the edoperiod travel traffic and travel of Bashō.The path of travel of the Narrow Road to the DeepNorth is different from before the trip, not in preparing a perfect walking on the road, but lookat the Aousyu state of economy is not developed, the traffic isn’t convenient, carved out a newjourney. Secondly, the author of plantain Mutsu old temple came as the focus, explore itsrespect of ancient culture. Bashō goes beyond the simple description of scenery, and came tothink about ancient history, it’s probably the Bashōa thinking as a scholar of history. Finally,the purpose of the Bashō to Mutsu old temple is a side with the kind of master has driftedback towards the Ennin of the respect, expresses his works " The Record of a Pilgrimage toChina in Search of the Law " into the tang religion.