Bashō Matsuo

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born

January 01, 1644 in Matsuo Kinsaku, Japan

died

November 28, 1694

gender

male

genre

Poetry

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Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was renowned for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, he is recognized as a master of brief and clear haiku.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 1,484 ratings · 185 reviews · 61 distinct works

	The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Bashō Matsuo, Noboyuki Yuasa (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 782 ratings — published 1689 — 12 editions	My rating:
	On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho by Bashō Matsuo, Bashō Matsuo, Lucien Stryk (Introduction) 4.36 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Essential Basho by Bashō Matsuo, Sam Hamill (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Bashō's Haiku: Selected Poems by Bashō Matsuo, David Landis Barnhill 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Basho and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary by Bashō Matsuo, Makoto Ueda 4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages by Bashō Matsuo, Hiroaki Sato (Translator), Bashō Matsuo 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	The Four Seasons: Japanese Haiku by Bashō Matsuo, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1958	My rating:
	Haiku (Penguin Classics 60s) by Bashō Matsuo, Lucien Stryk (Translation) 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	Cherry-Blossoms (Japanese Haiku Series III) by Bashō Matsuo, Yosa Buson, Issa 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1960	My rating:
	Basho's Journey: The Literary Prose of Matsuo Basho 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Bashō Matsuo

“Winter solitude-
in a world of one colour
the sound of the wind.”
― Bashō Matsuo

tags: haiku , poetry

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“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
― Bashō Matsuo

tags: wisdom

107 people liked it

“This autumn-
why am I growing old?
bird disappearing among clouds.”
― Bashō Matsuo

tags: haiku , life , poetry

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