Although written over 600 years apart from each other, Ki no Tsurayuki’s fictionalized depiction of his rough voyage to Kyoto, Tosa Nikki, has many similar qualities to Matsuo Bashō’s Oku no Hosomichi. Their focus on nature and a general journey, whether or not there is a set goal, creates a similar progression in both accounts based on actual events. One main difference between these two accounts are the medium in which they travel: one by foot, the other by boat. In Tosa Nikki, the narrator, along
At Falmouth High School, I am very involved in the art program which would not be where it is today without Jane Baker. Jane Baker is the Studio Art teacher who transformed the art department’s capabilities, rallied for its funding and gave students a chance to truly pursue art in a dynamic environment. I have taken her class since freshman year from studio art one and now AP art. Throughout her course’s I have learned about art history, I have gained an understanding of the time and tediousness
Tosa Nikki is a diary likely written by Ki no Tsurayuki in the year 936 during the Heian period. Oku no Hosomichi is a diary written by Matsuo Bashō during the late 17th century. These two diaries have many similarities and differences that stem from the different time periods they were written in, as well as the difference in styles of the authors. The poetry in the two diaries have vast differences yet they reflect the time period very well. Tosa Nikki has many aspects that distinguish it from
world as well as in historical and literary concerns” (poetryfoundation) that made the mind think through his simple and complex use of imagery. A fire destroyed his house, along with much of his city, which led him to create a new poem style: the Haibun. The poetic forms he created led people to read through his journey of life across
The origins of kiko, or travel literature, in Japan spans to well over 1000 years ago. One of the earliest examples of kiko is Ki no Tsurayuki’s Tosa nikki, a diary which Tsurayuki wrote most likely in 935 during the Heian period of Japan. Another important example of kiko, which is similar in ways yet also very dissimilar to Ki no Tsurayuki’s Tosa nikki, due in part to the many years that the two are separated by in terms of when they were composed, is Matsuo Basho’s Oku no hosomichi, or Narrow