Nozarashi Kikō

Nozarashi Kikō (野ざらし紀行), variously translated as The Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton or Travelogue of Weather-Beaten Bones, is the first travel journal haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō.

According to translator Nobuyuki Yuasa, it is "the first work of Bashō where we find glimpses of his mature style.

Further stops include the Ise Grand Shrine and Bashō's hometown, where he meets with relatives and mourns the loss of his mother.

Next, he visits Yamato Province, Mount Futagami in the Ryōhaku Mountains, and the remains of Saigyo's hut.

As the text progresses, the journaling prose is replaced by a series of poems.