The History of Literature #427 – Bashō’s Best – Haiku and the Essence of Life

In our last episode, Jacke looked at the life of celebrated Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694), the widely acknowledged master of haiku. In this episode, Jacke looks deeper into the nature of Bashō’s best works, organizing them into some loose categories and offering some thoughts on haiku in Bashō’s world and ours.

Additional listening suggestions:

425 Matsuo Bashō, Haiku’s Greatest Master75 The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki418 “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson

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