Matsuo Basho’s Summer haiku poems The famous haiku made by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) are mostly the theme of summer. In the Japanese lunar calendar, April to July is summer. Though summer is energetic season, Related Posts Biography of Matsuo Basho Haiku poem’s definition and format (Japanese and English) Basho’s Summer haiku poems <Japanese> 旅人の 心にも似よ 椎の花 Tabibito […]
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Matsuo Basho’s Spring haiku poems The spring haiku that Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) made has a seasonally free and easy characteristic, but some work are somewhat funny (it probably depended on his personality). As it was the lunar calendar until the Edo period in Japan, spring was between January and March. Please enjoy the great
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Matsuo Basho’s famous haiku poems Portrait of Matsuo Basho from “Hokusai Manga”, by Katsushika Hokusai Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) made about 1000 haiku poems through the lifetime, traveling around Japan. His writing “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” is the most famous haiku collection in Japan. Among the haiku poems, I would like to
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The history of Japanese literature began at Nara Period. The oldest book in Japan is “Records of Ancient Matters/Kojiki（古事記）”. The content of “Kojiki” is myth and history of ancient Japan from the origin of the country to the real emperors. It was compiled in order to justify the imperial court. And
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