Matsuo Bashō

おくのほそ道 (Oku no Hosomichi)

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Matsuo Bashō

Oku no Hosomichi (meaning Narrow Road to Oku [the Deep North]) is a major work by Matsuo Bashō.Oku no Hosomichi was written based on a journ…

Basho, The Chief Poet of Japan and the Hokku, or Epigram Verses

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Matsuo Bashō

During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he …