Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as a prominent figure in Japanese literature. Students will experience Japanese poetry through haiku. Standard 1. Students know ...

This is the last haiku ever written by the 17th century Japanese poet Basho Matsuo. He dictated it from his deathbed in a rented room over a florist’s shop in the city of Osaka, in the autumn of ...

In this imaginative, tightly woven tale starring Basho (the 17th-century Japanese poet), Myers cleverly places the renowned poet's own words at its heart. When Basho discovers a kimono-clad fox ...

He ultimately wrote 14 poems “with” Basho, Buson and Issa, which make up the third section of “Surrounded By Friends,” Rohrer’s new collection, which will be released April 7.

By Pico Iyer Japan’s most celebrated poet, writing in the 17th century under the name of Matsuo Basho, found his truest ... produced 36 views of Mount Fuji — a favored site for climbing ...

During his quest to render Basho’s complete works into English, the Tokyo-based writer and professor at Gakushuin University traveled to places associated with Japan’s master poet: from the ...

Basho entered into the service of a local ruling military house where he befriended the young heir, who enjoyed linked verse. Together they studied with Kitamura Kigin, one of the leading poets of the ...

ITAMI, Hyogo -- Haiku poems, correspondence and artwork by Edo period poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) have been newly discovered in several areas across Japan, a museum and library facility ...

But if haiku poet Matsuo Basho could handle this route in the 1680s, so could I. I was following Basho’s Trail, after all: a walking path starting in Tokyo, heading north to Hiraizumi ...