Even though these two authors, Ki no Turayuki and Matsuo Bashō lived in different eras, they wrote a wonderful travelogue. Tosa Nikki was the first well-written travel journal in Japan and demonstrated how to write a journal. Oku no Hosomichi was developed from the diary style of the first Tosa Nikki. In this essay, I would like to talk about the lives of Ki no Tsurayuki and Matsuo Bashō. Next, I will show how their diaries were different. Finally, I will explain how these diaries are similar and, although they are very different, they were both written to help the Japanese people. The author, Ki no Tsurayuki, lived from 884 to 946. He was a great poet and one of four compilers of the Japanese anthology called Kokinwakashu, or Collection of Ancient and Modern Poetry. He wrote Tosa Nikki around 936. It was the first written travel diary describing his return to Kyoto, the capital of Japan, from Tosa Province (now Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku) after completing his functions as provincial governor. Matsuo Bashō, on the other hand, was a great Japanese poet. He wrote Oku no Hosomichi, a travel journal based on a trip he took with his disciple Kawai Sora in 1694. This journey spanned 1,500 miles in the rugged countryside of northern Honshu and lasted 156 days (document 15, undated). » He visited many shrines and places visited by Saigyo and at each stop he left poems. Both were travel journals, however, they were very different. During the time of Ki no Tsurayuki, only men wrote diaries and wrote them in Chinese, mainly about affairs of the state or the imperial court, not about their personal lives. As for his travels, returning home to Kyoto is generally a happy experience. However, when he was in Tosa, he lost... middle of paper... and went to northern Honshu like him. Ki no Tsurayuki and Matsuo Bashō were both great Japanese writers. They had different things to say. They had different stories and writing styles. However, they both tried to show Japanese people a different way to live their lives. Tosa Nikki tried to help in a way that many people got inspired and wrote journals. Bashō tried to help Japan stay connected to nature and stay humble. They both greatly influenced Japan and Japanese literature.Works Cited1. Keene D. (1955). Anthology of Japanese literature (Tosa Nikki)2. Handout 15 – Matsuo Bashō. https://laulima.hawaii.edu/access/content/group/MAN.80830.201130/Handouts/Handout%2015%20-%20haikai%2C%20haiku.pdf3. Reading – Oku no Hosomichi https://laulima.hawaii.edu/access/content/group/MAN.80830.201130/Readings/Oku%20no%20hosomichi.pdf