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	Matsuo Basho biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉 Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – November 28, 1694), was the pseudonym of Matsuo Munefusa, the Japanese poet usually referred to simply as "Basho" without the surname.
		It was Basho who raised the haiku from a comic verse, often written for light relief, to a serious form, imbued with the spirit of Zen Buddhism.
		The Basho's birthplace in the Ueno area of Iga Province was rich in the ninja tradition, and he may have been a bodyguard to Todo Yoshitada in his early life.
	matsuo-basho.biography.ms (1213 words)

	Matsuo Bashō - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Matsuo Bashō (Japanese: 松尾芭蕉, Matsuo Bashō, 1644–28 November 1694) was the haigo (haikai pen name) of a Japanese poet of the Edo period.
		It is said that the climate was too cool for this tree to bear fruit, and that he intended the pen name to evoke the idea of a useless poet, or at least of affection for what is useless.
		Basho preferred writing on the twelfth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and using Shigure (時雨), a cold fall rain as a kigo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matsuo_Basho (1468 words)

	Matsuo Basho - Simple English Wikipedia
		Matsuo Munefusa, known as Matsuo Bashō (Japanese: 松尾芭蕉, 1644 - November 28, 1694) was a Japanese poet.
		It was an homage of Basho to a Chinese poet, Li Po(李白) whose name means plum in white.
		Basho died because of disease in early autumn of 1694 in Osaka, staying at a house of his disciple, on a travel too.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matsuo_Basho (503 words)

	haikutown.htm
		Basho was a student of Chinese poetry and a student of Taoism and Zen Buddhism.
		Basho was born at Ueno in the Iga province, under the Tokugawa shogunate.
		Basho was the third of six children and his father died when he was twelve years of age.
	www.isop.ucla.edu /asia/lessons/bnakama/bashobio.html (729 words)

	Basho's Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		Basho is also famous for the many long journeys which he immortalized in a series of travelogues combining poetry and prose.
	hkuhist2.hku.hk /Nakasendo/basho.htm (538 words)

	Biography of Basho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		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 (kado, the way of poetry) in the belief that poetry could be a source of enlightenment.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Island/5022/bashobio.html (281 words)

	Matsuo Basho
		Matsuo Munefusa, alias Basho (1644-94), was a Japanese poet and writer during the early Edo period.
		Born of a weathy family, Basho was a Samurai until the age of 20, at which time he devoted himself to his poetry.
		Basho was a main figure in the development of haiku, and is considered to have written the most perfect examples of the form.
	www.sunnypad.com /asunnyplace/haiku/basho.htm (368 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Poet's Corner - Biographies - Matsuo Basho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) was one of the greatest Japanese poets.
		Basho was a member of this school at first, but breaking with it, he was responsible for elevating the haiku to a serious art, making it the verse form par excellence, which it has remained ever since.
		Basho was born in 1644 in Ueno, lga Province, part of present-day Mie Prefecture.
	www.galegroup.com /free_resources/poets/bio/basho_m.htm (2398 words)

	Basho
		Basho discovered this in the sound of the water as a frog jumped into the old pond.
		Basho's "the- old pond" may be interpreted as having almost too much of Zen in it, but the following expresses an exquisite interfusion of Zen and haiku and humanism characteristic of the author's personality.
		When Basho was travelling on "the Narrow Road of Oku," he happened to meet two prostitutes on their way to the Ise Shrine, and they all stayed in the same inn.
	www.poetrystore.com /commenta.html (857 words)

	Matsuo, Basho, Oku no hosomichi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It begins with a passage that represents Basho's philosophy: Time is a sojourner of one hundred generations, and the passing year is a traveler, too.
		It is important to remember that Basho's period comes after the war period that lasted centuries, as shown in the poem, "Natsukusa ya, tsuwamonodomo no yume no ato" (A dream of warriors, and after dreaming is done, the summer grasses).
		Basho shows off his rich knowledge of those ancient poems by referring to them, and the reader may need previous knowledge of those poems as well.
	www.personal.psu.edu /staff/k/x/kxs334/academic/fiction/basho_hosomichi.html (684 words)

	Katie Malcolm on Tripi and Bashô
		Basho is so sad at the loss of his mother that he knows the tuft of hair his brother hands him would not be able to sit in his hands, because his tears would melt it.
		Basho was obviously very dedicated to nature in his haiku, having a nature or seasonal image in each haiku he wrote.
		Basho might not agree, stating he is merely an existing writer, but if he were alive today he could not deny the overwhelming influence he has had over the movement of haiku.
	www.millikin.edu /haiku/research/TripiBasho.html (2224 words)

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		Matsuo Basho (松尾芭蕉, 1644 - November 28, 1694), the pseudonym of Mastuo Munefusa, was a Japanese poet.
		He is widely thought of as one of the greatest writers of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and is best remembered today for raising the haiku form to the highest level.
		He was born in Ueno, near Kyoto, and was known as Kinsaku as a child - he took the name Basho, which means banana tree, in the 1680s when he moved into a hut alongside a banana tree and became a recluse.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/matsuo_basho.html (295 words)

	Genjuan no Fui: Basho's Phantom Hut - Articles - House of Hermits - Hermitary
		Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is best known for standardizing the formula and art of the haiku in Japanese poetry, which he mastered.
		The refreshing candor of Basho is not mingled with the social commentary of Chomei.
		Simplicity, even austerity, are hallmarks of the Japanese Zen hermits, and Basho is pleased that the former occupant of the hut had "most refined tastes and did not clutter up the hut even with objects of art." The hut is a single room with a niche for a household shrine and another for hanging nightclothes.
	www.hermitary.com /articles/basho.html (793 words)

	Minnesota Zen Center
		Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) was the poet who lifted the 17-syllable haiku out of the earlier--and longer--forms of waka and renga poetry to make of it a genre in its own right.
		Basho's hope was that poetry would beautify plain speech, and that the intrinsic poetry in the language of the people could be realized in the composition of haiku.
		Basho's insistence on the language of the common man is also consonant with the Zen Buddhist view that all sentient beings are equal in their innate possession of "Buddha Nature," or, to phrase it another way, in their innate potential for becoming enlightened.
	www.mnzencenter.org /sangha/matsuo.html (1919 words)

	Narrow Road to the Interior (Roll) \| National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Basho was not content with connecting spiritually only with the ancients, however; he also sought out young unknown poets in order to circumscribe and incorporate their ideas into new forms.
		Basho's third journey "was probably the happiest of all [his] journeys." He knew his way, he was now recognized as an esteemed poet, and he was inspired to write the travel journals Oi-no-kobumi (The Records of a Travel-Worn Satchel) and Sarashina kiko (A Visit to Sarashina Village), describing the two legs of the trip.
		Basho's next-to-the-last and most famous journey was his trip north into the interior of Honshu, the trip that led to the creation of his masterpiece Oku-no-hosomichi, Narrow Road to the Interior, a journal of haiku and haibun, of fact and fiction.
	www.indiana.edu /~japan/LP/LS56.html (9311 words)

	Basho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		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.
	www.randomviolins.org /~dwap/literati/renga/basho.htm (126 words)

	Basho's Narrow Road
		In Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages, poet and translator Hiroaki Sato presents the complete work in English and examines the threads of history, geography, philosophy, and literature that are woven into Basho's exposition.
		Basho probably had in mind Japanese poets such as Saigyo (1118-89) and Sogi (1421-1502) and Chinese poets such as Li Po and Tu Fu (712-70), who all died while traveling.
		Basho may have composed a hundred-part sequence with his friends to commemorate his departure from his house in preparation for a long trek and left a sheet with the first eight links, or omote hakku, written on it hung on a post.
	www.stonebridge.com /BASHONARROW/basho.html (800 words)

	Basho Matsuo
		Basho Matsuo is known as the first great poet in the history of haikai (and haiku).
		Basho's haikus are dramatic, and they exaggerate humor or depression, ecstasy or confusion.
		Originally, Basho didn't write the poem "To a leg of a heron..." as a hokku, but as one of verses in a haikai-renga.
	www.big.or.jp /~loupe/links/ehisto/ebasho.shtml (373 words)

	Daily Celebrations ~ Matsuo Basho, Bamboo From Bamboo ~ March 10 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire
		Poet Matsuo Basho, ("banana plant", 1644-1694), the son of a low-ranking samurai, created the modern haiku form and is considered to be one of Japan's greatest literary figures.
		Basho's poetry brought spirituality and richness to haiku unheard of before his time.
		According to Japanese critic and scholar Makoto Ueda, "ideas on verse writing Basho insisted upon" were sabi (loneliness), shiori (pity), hosomi (slenderness), inspiration, fragrance, reverberation, reflection, and lightness.
	www.dailycelebrations.com /031000.htm (225 words)

	Alibris: Matsuo Basho
		In 1689, the great Japanese poet Basho and his friend Sora embarked on a 1500-mile pilgrimage through the backlands and highlands north of Tokyo, across the island of Honshu, and down the west coast.
		Basho (1644-1694) -- the most revered poet of Japanese literature -- is best known in the West as the author of "Narrow Road to the Interior", a travel diary of his journey through northern Japan.
		In "Basho's Journey, David Landis Barnhill provides the definitive translation of Matsuo Basho's literary prose, as well as a companion piece to his previous translation, "Basho's Haiku.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Matsuo_Basho (904 words)

	Basho's Life
		Basho's life seems to have been peaceful so far, and he might for the rest of his life have been a satisfied, low-ranking samurai who spent his spare time verse writing.
		Basho was thankful to have a permanent home, but he was not to be cozily settled there.
		Basho's idea of sabi and other principles of verse writing that evolved during his journey to the far north were clearly there.
	www.uoregon.edu /~kohl/basho/life.html (6247 words)

	SUNY Press :: Basho's Journey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the world's greatest nature writers, Basho (1644–1694) is well known for his subtle sensitivity to the natural world, and his writings have influenced contemporary American environmental writers such as Gretel Ehrlich, John Elder, and Gary Snyder.
		Basho was the first master of haibun, short poetic prose sketches that usually included haiku.
		He is the translator of Basho's Haiku: Selected Poems of Matsuo Basho and the coeditor (with Roger S. Gottlieb) of Deep Ecology and World Religions: New Essays on Sacred Ground, both also published by SUNY Press.
	www.sunypress.edu /details.asp?id=61100 (431 words)

	Grand Inspiritors: Matsuo Basho
		Basho's Haiku has "interpretations of Basho's works by three editors and translators, three gentlemen that would seem to have the qualifications for the task; R.H.Blyth, Lucien Stryck, and Peter Beilenson.
		Matsuo, Basho, 1644-1694, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, and Other Travel Sketches ; translated from the Japanese with an introduction by Nobuyuki Yuasa.
		Matsuo, Basho, 1644-1694, Full Moon Is Rising : lost haiku of Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694, and travel haiku of Matsuo Basho : a new rendering by James David Andrews.
	opening.hefko.net /gi_basho.html (597 words)

	Basho on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His literary name, Basho, is derived from the plantain trees [ basho ] near a hut built for him by a disciple.
		Basho played a central role in the development of haiku.
		A master of hokku and the integration of verses in a sequence, Basho imbued what was a social pastime with the spirit of Zen, creating a serious literary form capable of profound artistic expression.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/b/basho.asp (391 words)

	basho
		He was called Kinsaku in childhood and Matsuo Munefusa in his later days.
		Basho's father was a low-ranking samurai from the Iga Province.
		During the years, Basho made many travels through Japan, and one of the most famous went to the north, where he wrote Oku no hosomichi (1694).
	falcon.tamucc.edu /~sencerz/basho.htm (200 words)

	[minstrels] Untitled -- Matsuo Basho
		This collection of Basho's essays and haiku has become regarded as one of the great literary works of the Japanese language.
		Basho is believed to have chosen the Japanese word 'natsukusa', in reference to the muggy, slimy, rank muck that summer's oppressive humidity and heat turn the grasses of spring into, an appropriate vision, perhaps, of the chaos and treachery of war.
		By the time Basho visited Hiraizumi centuries later, those dank overgrown weeds were all that remained of the fortress in which Yoshitsune made his final stand.
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1259.html (1320 words)

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