Afterward, he continues his journey through Nara, Kyōto, and Nagoya and composes haiku as he travels. Bashō reaches his hometown a few months after beginning his journey, where he meets his brothers and mourns his mother's death. As he travels Bashō notes that he has a shaved head and dresses like a priest, though he still considers himself a worldly man. One of the first sights Bashō records is a hungry child abandoned and crying by the riverside. A friend and disciple named Chiri accompanies Bashō on his journey. He takes the road south from Edo (present day Tokyo), first to Hakone where his view of Mount Fuji is obscured by clouds and fog. In the autumn of 1684, Matsuo Bashō begins the first of his three major journeys. The Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton
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