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
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
Operating superficially, the mind is random in its activity and stale in its insights and images. However, with practice and experience the mind is freed from the skull, and the fresh and new can appear as though for the first time. It
Come, butterfly It's late- We've miles to go together.
The oak tree: not interested in cherry blossoms.
Old pond, frog jumps in - plop.
April's air stirs in Willow-leaves...a butterfly Floats and balances
Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant.
The journey itself is my home.
Ballet in the air... Twin butterflies until, twice white They Meet, they mate
Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.
From all these trees, in the salads, the soup, everywhere, cherry blossoms fall.
Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.
Fresh spring! / The world is only Nine days old - / These fields and mountains!
Spring rain leaking through the roof dripping from the wasps' nest.