Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as a prominent figure in Japanese literature. Students will experience Japanese poetry through haiku. Standard 1. Students know ...

This began a time when Basho began to travel. In 1684, he traveled to his birthplace which resulted in the work, The Weatherbeaten Trip. He also published a haiku collection, Winter Days, which was ...

Basho authored "Oku no Hosomichi" (The ... The travelogue starts with a haiku “Nozarashi wo Kokoro ni Kaze no Shimu Mi Kana,” which means, “I’ve accepted that I could fall and be a ...

On May 16, 1689, haiku master Matsuo Basho traveled ... “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” Basho composed: Ayamegusa asi ni musuban waraji no o (I will bind iris blossoms around my feet ...