BASHŌ


Meaning of BASHŌ in English

or Matsuo Bashō orig. Matsuo Munefusa

born 1644, Ueno, Iga province, Japan

died Nov. 28, 1694, Ōsaka

Japanese haiku poet, the greatest practitioner of the form.

Following the Zen philosophy he studied, he attempted to compress the meaning of the world into the simple pattern of his poetry, disclosing hidden hopes in small things and showing the interdependence of all objects. His The Narrow Road to the Deep North (1694), a poetic prose travelogue, is one of the loveliest works of Japanese literature.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.