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Matsuo Basho
(1644 - 1694 / Iga Province / Japan)
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Bashō was born Matsuo Kinsaku around 1644, somewhere near Ueno in Iga Province. His father may have been a low-ranking samurai, which would have promised Bashō a career in the military but not much chance of a notable life. It was traditionally claimed by biographers that he worked in the .. .. more >>
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1     A bee
2     A caterpillar
3     A cicada shell
4     A cool fall night
5     A field of cotton
6     A monk sips morning tea
7     A snowy morning
8     Autumn moonlight
9     Awake at night
10     Bitter–tasting ice —
11     Blowing stones
12     Bush warbler
13     Cold night: the wild duck
14     Collection of Six Haiku
15     Coolness of the melons
16     Don't imitate me
17     First day of spring
18     First snow
19     First winter rain
20     Fleas, lice
21     Four Haiku
22     Heat waves shimmering
23     How admirable
24     In this world of ours,
25     Midfield
 

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