Matsuo Bashō

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Matsuo Bashō


Born
in Matsuo Kinsaku near Ueno, Iga, Japan
January 01, 1644

Died
November 28, 1694

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Known Japanese poet Matsuo Basho composed haiku, infused with the spirit of Zen.

The renowned Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉) during his lifetime of the period of Edo worked in the collaborative haikai no renga form; people today recognize this most famous brief and clear master.

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Basho: The Complete Haiku

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Haiku

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Bashō's Haiku: Selected Poems

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Quotes by Matsuo Bashō  (?)
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“The journey itself is my home.”
Matsuo Basho

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
Matsuo Bashō

“Winter solitude-
in a world of one colour
the sound of the wind.”
Basho Matsuo

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