Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Bashō, born 松尾 金作, then Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa, was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. 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. Matsuo Bashō's poetry is internationally renowned; and, in Japan, many of his poems are reproduced on monuments and traditional sites. Although Bashō is justifiably famous in the West for his...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionPoet
CountryJapan
From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
Farewell, my old fan. / Having scribbled on it, / What could I do but tear it / At the end of summer?
Collecting all The rains of May The swift Mogami River.
Not to think of yourself / as someone who did not count -- / Festival of the Souls.
Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon.
Year's end, all corners of this floating world, swept.
Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.
Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
A thicket of summer grass / Is all that remains / Of the dreams of ancient warriors.
Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps' nest.
I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old - / These fields and mountains!
How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers
This autumn- why am I growing old? bird disappearing among clouds.