Japanese haiku poet in the early Edo period. Pupil of Kigin Kitamura.
He is an artistic perfector of Haiku (Renga), has established a highly artistic phrasing, called "Shofu", and is one of the best haiku masters in Japanese history, also known worldwide as a haiku in later generations. Preferred haikai(haiku) to hakku (haiku).
Especially famous for the traveling essay “Oku-no-hosomichi”, in which arrived to Edo on May 16, 1689 with the disciple Sora Kawai, and traveled around Tohoku, Hokuriku to Ogaki in Gifu.∼Matsuo Bashō was born in 1644, near Ueno, in Iga Province
which is currently called the "Mie Prefecture". He went by several names during his lifetime:
Kinsaku
Munefusa
Matsuo
Basho
The name Basho, which is from a borrowing of a foreign word for Banana. At around age 12 Basho began to learn poetry and art from his master for whom he was a cook. Today Basho is considered to be the first person to have written Haiku. His Haikus are still popular over 300 years after they were written. His most famous Haiku is: "The Old Pond"
An Old Silent Pond
A frog jumps in from the shore
Plop! Silence again.
Basho traveled extensively throughout his lifetime and he wrote the book, "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" about one of those journeys. He fell ill on a later journey and died awhile later near Osaka, Japan. As he wished he was buried in Otsu, at the Gichuji Temple, where there is a large stone marker, which Haiku lovers visit.
He is an artistic perfector of Haiku (Renga), has established a highly artistic phrasing, called "Shofu", and is one of the best haiku masters in Japanese history, also known worldwide as a haiku in later generations. Preferred haikai(haiku) to hakku (haiku).
Especially famous for the traveling essay “Oku-no-hosomichi”, in which arrived to Edo on May 16, 1689 with the disciple Sora Kawai, and traveled around Tohoku, Hokuriku to Ogaki in Gifu.∼Matsuo Bashō was born in 1644, near Ueno, in Iga Province
which is currently called the "Mie Prefecture". He went by several names during his lifetime:
Kinsaku
Munefusa
Matsuo
Basho
The name Basho, which is from a borrowing of a foreign word for Banana. At around age 12 Basho began to learn poetry and art from his master for whom he was a cook. Today Basho is considered to be the first person to have written Haiku. His Haikus are still popular over 300 years after they were written. His most famous Haiku is: "The Old Pond"
An Old Silent Pond
A frog jumps in from the shore
Plop! Silence again.
Basho traveled extensively throughout his lifetime and he wrote the book, "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" about one of those journeys. He fell ill on a later journey and died awhile later near Osaka, Japan. As he wished he was buried in Otsu, at the Gichuji Temple, where there is a large stone marker, which Haiku lovers visit.
Japanese haiku poet in the early Edo period. Pupil of Kigin Kitamura.
He is an artistic perfector of Haiku (Renga), has established a highly artistic phrasing, called "Shofu", and is one of the best haiku masters in Japanese history, also known worldwide as a haiku in later generations. Preferred haikai(haiku) to hakku (haiku).
Especially famous for the traveling essay “Oku-no-hosomichi”, in which arrived to Edo on May 16, 1689 with the disciple Sora Kawai, and traveled around Tohoku, Hokuriku to Ogaki in Gifu.∼Matsuo Bashō was born in 1644, near Ueno, in Iga Province
which is currently called the "Mie Prefecture". He went by several names during his lifetime:
Kinsaku
Munefusa
Matsuo
Basho
The name Basho, which is from a borrowing of a foreign word for Banana. At around age 12 Basho began to learn poetry and art from his master for whom he was a cook. Today Basho is considered to be the first person to have written Haiku. His Haikus are still popular over 300 years after they were written. His most famous Haiku is: "The Old Pond"
An Old Silent Pond
A frog jumps in from the shore
Plop! Silence again.
Basho traveled extensively throughout his lifetime and he wrote the book, "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" about one of those journeys. He fell ill on a later journey and died awhile later near Osaka, Japan. As he wished he was buried in Otsu, at the Gichuji Temple, where there is a large stone marker, which Haiku lovers visit.
He is an artistic perfector of Haiku (Renga), has established a highly artistic phrasing, called "Shofu", and is one of the best haiku masters in Japanese history, also known worldwide as a haiku in later generations. Preferred haikai(haiku) to hakku (haiku).
Especially famous for the traveling essay “Oku-no-hosomichi”, in which arrived to Edo on May 16, 1689 with the disciple Sora Kawai, and traveled around Tohoku, Hokuriku to Ogaki in Gifu.∼Matsuo Bashō was born in 1644, near Ueno, in Iga Province
which is currently called the "Mie Prefecture". He went by several names during his lifetime:
Kinsaku
Munefusa
Matsuo
Basho
The name Basho, which is from a borrowing of a foreign word for Banana. At around age 12 Basho began to learn poetry and art from his master for whom he was a cook. Today Basho is considered to be the first person to have written Haiku. His Haikus are still popular over 300 years after they were written. His most famous Haiku is: "The Old Pond"
An Old Silent Pond
A frog jumps in from the shore
Plop! Silence again.
Basho traveled extensively throughout his lifetime and he wrote the book, "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" about one of those journeys. He fell ill on a later journey and died awhile later near Osaka, Japan. As he wished he was buried in Otsu, at the Gichuji Temple, where there is a large stone marker, which Haiku lovers visit.
Inscription
The inscription is in Chinese Characters.
Gravesite Details
The stone is in excellent shape.
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