It consists of haikai poetry regarding the journey Basho set out upon with his disciple, Chiri, to Iga Ueno, Basho's birthplace, from August (autumn) 1684 to April of the following year.
貞享元年（1684年）秋の8月から翌年4月にかけて、芭蕉が門人の千里とともに出身地でもある伊賀上野への旅を記した俳諧紀行文。