His art reached its greatest form during his five-month trip to the Deep North in 1689, during which he wrote his masterpiece The Narrow Road to the Deep North developing his concept of sabi, the identification of man with natural beauty.īasho died in 1694 shortly after leaving Kyoto on another trip, and is buried in the town of Otsu. Tired with a sedentary life, in 1684 he embarked on the first of his many trips, traveling to Mount Fuji and Ise. 古池や ( Furuike ya) 蛙飛び込む ( Kawazu tobikomu) 水の音 ( Mizu no oto) An old pond! A frog jumps in- the sound of water. He achieved a modest degree of fame during his lifetime with gems such as this: His pseudonym Bashō means "banana tree", chosen after a fruitless tree near his hut. The Narrow Road to the Deep North (奥の細道 Oku no Hosomichi) is the title of famed haiku poet Matsuo Basho's most famous work, a poem-filled travelogue through Japan's remote northeastern region of Tohoku.īorn Matsuo Munefusa in 1644 in the town of Ueno near Kyoto, Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉) is generally regarded as Japan's greatest haiku poet, largely responsible for creating the art form with its 5-7-5 syllable syntax.
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