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Matsuo Bashō

Japanese poet (1644–1694)

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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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Born: 1644
Died: 1694
Works: 209

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芭蕉俳句全錄
評伝・年譜, 芭蕉遺語集
発句篇
巡礼記「おくのほそ道」

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Instance of: human
Named after: Musa basjoo
Gender: male
Citizenship: Japan
Place of death: Midōsuji
Occupation: poet
Languages spoken: Japanese
Native language: Japanese
Notable work: Frog Poem
Student of: Kitamura Kigin
Genre: haikai
Image: Basho by Buson.jpg
Work location: Edo

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topic's main category: Category:Matsuo Basho
Commons category: Matsuo Basho
date of death: 1694-11-28
Commons gallery: Matsuo Bashō
student: Sonome
name in native language: 松尾芭蕉
ethnic group: Japanese people
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
writing language: Japanese
birth name: 松尾金作
pseudonym: 俳聖
has works in the collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
manner of death: natural causes
date of birth: 1644-01-01
name in kana: まつおばしょう

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Matsuo Bashō, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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."

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