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Matsuo Bashō was a celebrated Japanese poet from the 17th century who became the master of haiku, a three-line poetic form that captures moments of nature and life with precision and simplicity. His works and teaching style profoundly influenced Japanese literature and continue to be studied and admired worldwide as some of the finest examples of the haiku form.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1644
- Died
- 1694
- Works
- 209
Top works
- 芭蕉一代集
- 曾良奧の細道隨行日記
- 評註嵯峨日記
- 甲子吟行
- 芭蕉の恋句
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- 5
- Total plays
- 12
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Article
Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉; Japanese pronunciation: [ma.tsɯ.o (|) ba.ɕoː], 1644 – November 28, 1694); born Matsuo Kinsaku (松尾 金作), later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa (松尾 忠右衛門 宗房) was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. 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 (then called hokku). He is also well known for his travel essays beginning with Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton (1684), written after his journey west to Kyoto and Nara.
Matsuo Bashō's poetry is internationally renowned, and many of his poems are inscribed on monuments and traditional sites in Japan. Although Bashō is famous in the West for his hokku, he himself believed his best work lay in leading and participating in renku. As he himself said, "Many of my followers can write hokku as well as I can. Where I show who I really am is in linking haikai verses."