• Matsuo Bashō was born in 1644, near Ueno, in Iga Province.[6][7] The Matsuo family was of samurai descent, and his father was probably a musokunin (無足...
  • Matsuo Bashō’s life and work serve as a potent reminder that true genius does not merely conform to established norms but transcends them.
  • *The last haiku poems of Matsuo Basho. As in the preface of Oku-no Homichi, it is a farewell poem of him who was obsessed by a journey.
  • Matsuo Bashō’s poetry career began in the late 17th century when he started to write haikai no renga, a collaborative form of linked verse.
  • hokku nari / Matsuo Tōsei / yado no haru. ... At Bashô Tôsei's / House / it is springtime.
  • Matsuo Bashō was a renowned Japanese haiku poet born in 1644 in Ueno, Japan.
  • Due to the wisdom found within his words, Matsuo Basho acquired quite a following of disciples.
  • Bashō was the supreme Japanese haiku poet, who greatly enriched the 17-syllable haiku form and made it an accepted medium of artistic expression.
  • Matsuo Basho was born at the beginning of the Edo period in 1644 in present-day Iga City, Mie prefecture.
  • Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉 1644 – November 28, 1694) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. He is today regarded as the master of the haiku...
  • Matsuo Basho was one of the most famous haiku masters of the world.
  • “The best way to discover a place, and oneself, is to walk, as Japanese haiku master Matsuo Basho set out to do in the spring of 1689.
  • Matsuo Bashō was born in 1644 in Uego, in the Iga province of Japan.