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    Matsuo Bashō

    Japanese poet

    Matsuo Bashō; born Matsuo Kinsaku, later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku. He is also well known for his travel essays beginning with Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton, written after his journey west to Kyoto and Nara. Matsuo Bashō's poetry is internationally renowned, and, in Japan, many of his poems are reproduced on monuments and traditional sites. Although Bashō is famous in the West for his hokku, he himself believed his best work lay in leading and participating in renku. As he himself said, "Many of my followers can write hokku as well as I can. Where I show who I really am is in linking haikai verses." Wikipedia

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    Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉, 1644 - November 28, 1694); [2] born Matsuo Kinsaku (松尾 金作), later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa (松尾 忠右衛門 宗房) [3] was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period.During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest ...
  3. masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com

    Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) made about 1000 haiku poems through the lifetime, traveling around Japan. His writing "The Narrow Road to the Deep North " is the most famous haiku collection in Japan. Among the haiku poems, I would like to introduce you the 10 famous examples of his "Sabi" works including "old pond and frog", "cicada" and his death poem .
  4. allpoetry.com

    Matsuo Bashō is considered the greatest master of the haiku, a short poetic form that originated in Japan. Though haiku as a term came after Bashō, his poetry helped to popularize the form and solidify its structure of 17 syllables arranged in three lines (5, 7, 5). ... Bashō lived and wrote during the Edo period in Japan (1603-1867), a time ...
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    The 17th-century Japanese haiku master Bashō was born Matsuo Kinsaku near Kyoto, Japan, to a minor samurai and his wife. Soon after the poet's birth, Japan closed its borders, beginning a seclusion that allowed its native culture to flourish. It is believed that Bashō's siblings became farmers, while Bashō, at Ueno Castle in the service ...
  7. britannica.com

    Jan 1, 2025Bashō was the supreme Japanese haiku poet, who greatly enriched the 17-syllable haiku form and made it an accepted medium of artistic expression. Interested in haiku from an early age, Bashō at first put his literary interests aside and entered the service of a local feudal lord. ... Also known as: Matsuo Bashō, Matsuo Munefusa. Written and ...
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  8. poemanalysis.com

    Bashō was known for his profound empathy and compassion towards all forms of life. He has many disciples devoted to studying his style of poetry. Famous Poems by Matsuo Bashō 'The old pond' - This iconic haiku by Bashō captures the simplicity and profundity of a single moment as a frog jumps into a still pond, creating ripples.
  9. poemanalysis.com

    Matsuo Bashō's poetry, rooted in the 17th century, reveals his profound connection with nature. His haiku poems capture the essence of the natural world, transporting readers on a journey through seasons and landscapes. With the brevity and elegance that readers have come to expect from his verse, Bashō's words inspire appreciation for the ...
  10. Matsuo Bashō - Matsuo Bashō, originally Matsuō Chuemon Munefusa, was born in Ueno, Japan, in 1644 to a family of samurai descent. Basho was introduced to poetry at a young age by Todo Yoshitada, for whom he worked and shared a mutual love of renga. After Yoshitada's death in 1666, Bashō moved to the capital city of Edo (now Tokyo), where he studied poetry and gained recognition for his ...
  11. matsuobashohaiku.home.blog

    Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉) was born in 1644, in Ueno, Iga province, and died Nov. 28, 1694, in Ōsaka. His birth name was Matsuo Kinsaku, Matsuo being the family name. His father was, a minor samurai, who after the unification of Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate, took to farming. Having other brothers, the early death of his father, and ...

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