1. Basho Matsuo Previous Page. Chapter 2 basho Matsuo (1644 ~ 1694). basho Matsuo is known as the first great poet in the history of haikai (and haiku). basho. http://www.big.or.jp/~loupe/links/ehisto/ebasho.shtml

HISTORY OF HAIKU 10 haikuists and their works Previous Page Chapter 2 Basho Matsuo Basho Matsuo is known as the first great poet in the history of haikai (and haiku). He too, wrote poems using jokes and plays upon words in his early stages, as they were in fashion, but began to attach importance to the role of thought in haikai (especially in hokku) from around 1680. The thought of Tchouang-tseu, philosopher in the 4th century B.C., influenced greatly Basho, and he often quoted the texts of "The Book of master Tchouang" in his hokkus. The thinker Tchouang-tseu denied the artificiality and the utilitarianism, seeing value of intellect low. He asserted that things seemingly useless had the real value, and that it was the right way of life not to go against the natural law. To a leg of a heron Adding a long shank Of a pheasant. Basho This poem parodied the following text in "The Book of master Tchouang": "When you see a long object, you don't have to think that it is too long if being long is the property given by the nature. It is proved by the fact that a duckling, having short legs, will cry if you try to draw them out by force, and that a crane, having long legs, will protest you with tears if you try to cut them with a knife." By playing on purpose in this haiku an act "jointing legs of birds by force" which Tchouang denied, he showed the absurdity of this act and emphasized the powerlessness of the human being's intelligence humorously.

2. Basho The Commentary on basho page of The Poetry Store Archive is linked to The Poetry Store which sells poetry books and recommends selected poetry see God in a flea as flea. basho discovered this in http://www.poetrystore.com/commenta.html

Home E-mail including comments by the venerated DT Suzuki From Zen and Japanese Culture , by D T Suzuki, Bollingen Foundation Inc NY, Pantheon Books, NY pp 228-229 To quote Dr. R. H. Blyth, an authority on the 'study of haiku: "A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things." Whether "temporary" or not, Basho gives in his seventeen syllables a significant intuition into Reality. Dr. Blyth continues: "Each thing is preaching the law [Dharma] incessantly, but this law is not something different from the thing itself. Haiku is the revealing of this preaching by presenting us with the thing devoid of all our mental twisting and emotional discolouration; or rather, it shows the thing as it exists at one and the same time outside and inside the mind, perfectly subjective, ourselves undivided from the object, the object in its original unity with ourselves.... It is a way of returning to nature, to our moon nature, our cherry-blossom nature, our falling leaf nature, in short, to our Buddha nature. It is a way in which the cold winter rain, the swallows of evening, even the very day in its hotness and the length of the night become truly alive, share in our humanity, speak their own silent and expressive language." * What Dr. Blyth calls the moon nature, the cherry-blossom nature, etc., are no more than the suchness of things. In Christian terms, it is to see God in an angel as angel, to see God in a flea as flea. Basho discovered this in the sound of the water as a frog jumped into the old pond. This sound coming out of the old pond was heard by Basho as filling the entire universe. Not only was the totality of the environment absorbed in the sound and vanished into it, but Basho himself was altogether effaced from his consciousness. Both the subject and the object

3. Basho's Life Biography of the Japanese poet. http://hkuhist2.hku.hk/Nakasendo/basho.htm

Basho's Life Scattered along the Nakasendo, at Shinchaya, Shimo-suwa, and Karuizawa, are rocks on which are inscribed poems . Composed by Basho, the poems evoke the local landscape at a particular time of year and are much appreciated by local residents who have erected the stone memorials to the poet. Basho was a master poet who developed poetry, especially what has come to be known as the haiku poem with a 5-7-5 syllable format, to a high level. He brought to haiku wit, brevity, and a degree of bawdiness which popularized the form among serious poets as well as those seeking entertainment while drinking or eating. Basho is also famous for the many long journeys which he immortalized in a series of travelogues combining poetry and prose. These were also great achievements in their genre. He was born Matsuo Kinsaku in 1644 near Osaka , taking his poetic name years later after the banana tree which grew near his home in Edo . He was of a samurai family and took employment as a samurai until his master died. In 1666, he went to Kyoto, establishing a good reputation as a teacher of poetry, until he moved to Edo in 1672. Edo remained his home until his death in 1694 on one of his long travels. His first trip took him in 1684 to Nagoya , Kyoto and Osaka on a voyage of personal discovery. At the time, traveling for its own sake was just gaining popularity. Basho's diary helped firmly establish it as popular activity. He worked hard to discover and define a perception of himself and of poetry which linked the beauty and simplicity of the countryside together with his art. He recognized that the city was a corrupting influence and sought the ultimate in nature and man far removed from the urban setting. Given that urban culture was well into the excesses of consumption and frivolous extravagance that marked the Genroku era, his view struck a resonant chord in is own time and even in the city.

4. Basho The Poetry of basho. Waking in the night; the lamp is low, the oil freezing. It has rained enough to turn the stubble on the field black. http://members.aol.com/markabird/basho.html

The Poetry of Basho Waking in the night; the lamp is low, the oil freezing. It has rained enough to turn the stubble on the field black. Winter rain falls on the cow-shed; a cock crows. The leeks newly washed white,- how cold it is! The sea darkens; the voices of the wild ducks are faintly white. Ill on a journey; my dreams wander over a withered moor. Return to Haiku Masters Image courtesy of Digital Arts and Sciences

5. Biography Of Basho basho. When he felt the need for solitude, he withdrew to his bashoan, a hut made of plantain leaves (basho)-hence his pseudonym. http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/5022/bashobio.html

INTRODUCTION  BASHO  biography  haiku haibun BUSON  biography haiku ISSA  biography  haiku OTHER POETS  Any comments or suggestions would be most welcomed. Please feel free to send me an e-mail With metta,   rèi fú    Sign Guestbook View Guestbook BASHO       Basho (bah-shoh), pseudonym of Matsuo Munefusa (1644-94), Japanese poet, considered the finest writer of Japanese haiku during the formative years of the genre. Born into a samurai family prominent among nobility, Basho rejected that world and became a wanderer, studying Zen, history, and classical Chinese poetry, living in apparently blissful poverty under a modest patronage and from donations by his many students. From 1667 he lived in Edo (now Tokyo), where he began to compose haiku.       The structure of his haiku reflects the simplicity of his meditative life. When he felt the need for solitude, he withdrew to his basho-an , a hut made of plantain leaves ( basho )-hence his pseudonym. Basho infused a mystical quality into much of his verse and attempted to express universal themes through simple natural images, from the harvest moon to the fleas in his cottage. Basho brought to haiku "the Way of Elegance" ( fuga-no-michi ), deepened its Zen influence, and approached poetry itself as a way of life (

6. Blue Moment Arts, Home Of Steffen Basho-Junghans & Robbie Basho Archives, Main-i Website of guitarist, composer Steffen bashoJunghans - archives, biography, discography, reviews, and listening room. http://www.bluemomentarts.de/

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7. Project Basho Based on its communal darkroom, Project basho attempts to bring photographers together in Philadelphia area and generate the appreciation of the photographic medium through offering workshops and other projects. http://www.projectbasho.org

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10. Haiku Haiku Techniques Jane Reichhold. Another Definition of Haiku - Jane Reichhold. Haiku Rules That Have Come and Gone - Jane Reichhold. ARTICLES ON HAIKU WRITING. Metaphor in basho's Haiku - Jane Reichhold. That Lovable Old Issa - Often one finds this in translations of basho's haikai taken out of context from a renga http://www.ahapoetry.com/haiku.htm

Haiku HOW-TO HAIKU Haiku Techniques - Jane Reichhold Another Definition of Haiku Jane Reichhold Fragment and Phrase Theory Jane Reichhold Haiku Rules That Have Come and Gone Jane Reichhold Some Thoughts on Rethinking Haiku Jane Reichhold Forms in English Haiku Keiko Imaoka ARTICLES ON HAIKU WRITING A Reading of the Prizewinners Lenard D. Moore Metaphor in Basho's Haiku Jane Reichhold That Lovable Old Issa Earle Joshua Stone Something Fishy about Haiku Jane Reichhold Is it Haiku? Jane Reichhold Apples, Apples and Haiku (a story about senryu) Jane Reichhold SAMPLES OF HAIKU Erotic Collection Anonymous and Others OCEAN SANCTUARY Jane Reichhold Old Woman Haiku Jane Reichhold Basho's Haiku Arranged by Seasons - Autumn : trs. Jane Reichhold LINKS TO OTHER HAIKU SITES Haiku World by Gary Warner Kapok Tree by Rosa Clement (Brazil) Debi Bender's "Paper Lanterns" Philip Adam's Haiku Page (England) Gene Doty's Haiku Page (USA) John Hudak's "Chaba" - an electronic haiku journal (USA) The Shiki Internet Haiku Salon (Japan) Daniel Trent's "Haiku Attic"

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12. History Of Haiku Written by Ryu Yotsuya in Tokyo, Japon. History from basho Matsuo to Koi Nagata. Written by Ryu Yotsuya. Index. Before basho (The 1516th centuries). http://www.big.or.jp/~loupe/links/ehisto/ehisinx.shtml

HISTORY OF HAIKU 10 haikuists and their works From Basho to Koi Written by Ryu Yotsuya Index Before Basho The 15-16th centuries Basho Matsuo Buson Yosa Shiki Masaoka Kyoshi Takahama ... Japanese e-mail to Ryu Yotsuya and Niji Fuyuno loupe@big.or.jp

13. Basho basho, pseudonym of Matsuo Munefusa (164494), is considered the master of the haiku form. In his youth basho was a samurai, but after 1666 he devoted his life to writing poetry. http://www.randomviolins.com/~dwap/literati/renga/basho.htm

Basho Basho, pseudonym of Matsuo Munefusa (1644-94), is considered the master of the haiku form. In his youth Basho was a samurai, but after 1666 he devoted his life to writing poetry. The structure of his haiku reflects the simplicity of his meditative life. When he felt the need for solitude, he withdrew to his basho-an, a hut made of plantain leaves (basho) hence his pseudonym. Influenced by Zen Buddhism, Basho infused a mystical quality into much of his verse and attempted to express universal themes through simple natural images from the harvest moon to the fleas in his cottage. He is revered as the greatest of Japanese poets for his sensitivity and profundity and is particularly noted for his book, Oku-no-hosomichi (Narrow Road to the Interior). Links to More About Basho Excerpts from Narrow Road to the Interior Basho's Life Basho Here and Now ... Site Index

14. Haiku By Basho basho. How very noble! One who finds no satori in the lightningflash. On New Year s Day each thought a loneliness as winter dusk descends. basho S DEATH POEM. http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/5022/basho.html

INTRODUCTION  BASHO  biography  haiku haibun BUSON  biography  haiku ISSA  biography  haiku OTHER POETS Sign Guestbook ... View Guestbook BASHO  How very noble!                                         One who finds no satori                                         in the lightning-flash                                          Breakfast enjoyed                                          in the fine company of                                          morning glories                                          Traveling this high                                          mountain trail, delighted                                          by violets                                          A solitary                                          crow on a bare branch-                                          autumn evening                                          This first fallen snow                                          is barely enough to bend                                          the jonquil leaves                                          Whore and monk, we sleep                                          under one roof together,

15. Basho's Life The master haiku Poet Matsuo basho by Makoto Ueda, Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1970. basho's Life. One day in the spring of 1681 a banana tree was being planted alongside a modest hut in a rustic area http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/life.html

The master haiku Poet Matsuo Basho by Makoto Ueda, Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1970. Basho's Life One day in the spring of 1681 a banana tree was being planted alongside a modest hut in a rustic area of Edo, a city now known as Tokyo. It was a gift from a local resident to his teacher of poetry, who had moved into the hut several months earlier. The teacher, a man of thirty-six years of age, was delighted with the gift. He loved the banana plant because it was somewhat like him in the way it stood there. Its large leaves were soft and sensitive and were easily torn when gusty winds blew from the sea. Its flowers were small and unobtrusive; they looked lonesome, as if they knew they could bear no fruit in the cool climate of Japan. Its stalks were long and fresh- looking, yet they were of no practical use. The teacher lived all alone in the hut. On nights when he had no visitor, he would sit quietly and listen to the wind blowing through the banana leaves. The lonely atmosphere would deepen on rainy nights. Rainwater leaking through the roof dripped intermittently into a basin. To the ears of the poet sitting in the dimly lighted room, the sound made a strange harmony with the rustling of the banana leaves outside. Basho nowaki shite A banana plant in the autumn gale - Tarai ni ame o I listen to the dripping of rain Kiku yo kana Into a basin at night.

16. Basho's World http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho

The stations listed below are from Matsuo Basho's travel diary "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" Oku no Hosomichi The primary translation is by Nobuyuki Yuasa, from The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches If you have any comments, please let us know 1 Prologue 2 Departure 3 Soka ... Basho's Chronology Last update: May 09, 2002

17. Basho-ki Index bashoki. old pond a frog leaps in water s sound. basho s death poem Sick on a journey, my dreams wander the withered fields. http://members.aol.com/Vanpire13/bk.htm

Main Writing htmlAdWH('7002588', '234', '60'); basho-ki "Basho's Day, basho-ki, On the 12th day of the 10th lunar month of 1694 (25 November, Gregorian), Basho, the founder of haikai and haiku as we know them today, died. He was at a stopover midway on yet another journey, in Osaka, and attended by a number of disciples. Still observed according to the lunar calendar, which varies considerably from year to year with respect to the Gregorian, the date is associated with the characteristic early WINTER DRIZZLE. In Japanese the name of an important figure followed by ki means the person's death anniversary. In English, we have sometimes used "remembered" to suggest this... In haikai the Master's Day or Master's Anniversary (okin no ki) always refers to Basho's Day." Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac by William J. Higginson Basho wrote the famous haiku: furuiki ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto old pond... a frog leaps in water's sound Basho's death poem: Sick on a journey, my dreams wander the withered fields. Translation from The Essential Haiku edited by Robert Hass In honor of basho-ki I have sponsored a November haiku contest in Sol online magazine with the subject crow as well as creating the bashoi-ki pages with frog haiku contributions from willing haijin.

18. "Haiku Poet's Hut: Haiku And Haiku Related Poetry By Soji" Haiku by Soji, aka Gary Barnes, haiku by the masters, basho, Buson, Issa, and by a number of contemporary practitioners of the art in English. http://www.haikupoetshut.com

Come in, come in! There are haiku to be read and stories to tell. Let us share some tea, a few quiet moments, and take some time just to reflect on things. You'll also find directions(links)to other haiku sites further down this lonely road, but you don't have to hasten along, the stars are shining through the pines, the crickets are singing, and look, isn't that a firefly? haiku poems, other small pleasures, and points to ponder... The Full Moon A Haibun by Takashi Nonin soji's haiku updated, 4.04.2004 a world of haijin and haiku basho haiku interpretations and commentary index the moon, photos with haiku updated 3.26.04 illustrations with haiku interactive photo haiku linked haiku extrordinaire stops on the lonely haiku road visit this haiku site's creator visitors w/ 1024 X 768 screen res CLICK HERE soji's RetroPostNeoModernClassical Poetry Connection Haiku Poets Hut established October 1996 Drop me a line... it makes me so happy! soji My favorite Search Engine is Goooogle Other search engines: AltaVista Excite Infoseek Lycos ... Yahoo!

19. Grand Inspiritors: Matsuo Basho Links to a variety of sites about the Japanese poet in English and Japanese. http://opening.hefko.net/gi_basho.html

Opening Links Books Matsuo Basho On high narrow road old traveler clears wide swath, tiny scythe glinting. Internet Resources Basho's World offers 44 very nicely illustrated and annotated excerpts, with choice of four English translators, for The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no Hosomichi) . Also available here is The Master Haiku Poet Matsuo Basho by Makoto Ueda, a fine short biography, and a Basho Chronology . These resources have been provided by Prof. Stephen Kohl of the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/ "Poems on Tanzaku paper" three hanging scrolls at the Permanent Collection of the Yamagata Museum of Art http://www.yamagata-art-museum.or.jp/EN/J-COLLEC/02.HTM Download the complete texts of Oku no Hosomichi and Oi no kobumi , provided (in Japanese) by the Japanese Text Initiative http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/texts.html Pine Valley : 17 poems by Basho translated to English. http://users.erols.com/kmdavis/basho.html Basho Haiku Demo - a little interaction!

20. Basho's Life The master haiku Poet Matsuo basho by Makoto Ueda, Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1970. basho s Life. Yet basho s career began in an ordinary enough way. http://www.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/life.html

The master haiku Poet Matsuo Basho by Makoto Ueda, Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1970. Basho's Life One day in the spring of 1681 a banana tree was being planted alongside a modest hut in a rustic area of Edo, a city now known as Tokyo. It was a gift from a local resident to his teacher of poetry, who had moved into the hut several months earlier. The teacher, a man of thirty-six years of age, was delighted with the gift. He loved the banana plant because it was somewhat like him in the way it stood there. Its large leaves were soft and sensitive and were easily torn when gusty winds blew from the sea. Its flowers were small and unobtrusive; they looked lonesome, as if they knew they could bear no fruit in the cool climate of Japan. Its stalks were long and fresh- looking, yet they were of no practical use. The teacher lived all alone in the hut. On nights when he had no visitor, he would sit quietly and listen to the wind blowing through the banana leaves. The lonely atmosphere would deepen on rainy nights. Rainwater leaking through the roof dripped intermittently into a basin. To the ears of the poet sitting in the dimly lighted room, the sound made a strange harmony with the rustling of the banana leaves outside. Basho nowaki shite A banana plant in the autumn gale - Tarai ni ame o I listen to the dripping of rain Kiku yo kana Into a basin at night.

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