Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉, 1644 – November 28, 1694); [2] born Matsuo Kinsaku (松尾 金作), later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa (松尾 忠右衛門 宗房) [3] was the most famous …

Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) made about 1000 haiku poems through the lifetime, traveling around Japan. His writing “ The Narrow Road to the Deep North ” is the most famous haiku collection …

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Bashō (born 1644, Ueno, Iga province, Japan—died Nov. 28, 1694, Ōsaka) was the supreme Japanese haiku poet, who greatly enriched the 17-syllable haiku form and made it an …

Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) was a renowned Japanese poet during the Edo period, known for his haiku poetry and travel writing. He developed the haiku into a sophisticated form of poetry, …

Matsuo Basho was one of the most famous haiku masters of the world. His poems were influenced by his firsthand experience of the world around him, often encapsulating the feeling …

Who was Basho? Matsuo Basho was born at the beginning of the Edo period in 1644 in present-day Iga City, Mie prefecture. As a youngster he served the family of Todo Shinshichiro, a …

Matsuo Bashō, originally Matsuō Chuemon Munefusa, was born in Ueno, Japan, in 1644 to a family of samurai descent. Basho was introduced to poetry at a young age by Todo Yoshitada, …

Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉 1644 – November 28, 1694) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. He is today regarded as the master of the haiku, and one of the greatest …

Matsuo Bashō was a renowned Japanese haiku poet born in 1644 in Ueno, Japan. He is widely recognized as one of the four great masters of haiku, alongside Kobayashi Issa, Buson, and …