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Bashō's supposed birthplace in Iga Province. Matsuo Bashō was born in 1644, near Ueno, in Iga Province. [6] [7] The Matsuo family was of samurai descent, and his father was probably a musokunin (無足人), a class of landowning peasants granted certain privileges of samurai.
Kagami Shikō (各務 支考, 1665 – 14 March 1731), often known by the mononym Shikō, was a Japanese haiku poet of the early Edo period, known as one of Matsuo Bashō's Ten Eminent Disciples (蕉門十鉄, Shōmon juttetsu) [2] and the originator of the Shishimon school (or Mino school) of poetry. [1]
Kikaku set the tone for haikai from Basho death until the time of Yosa Buson in the late 18th century [2] He also left an important historical document, describing Bashō's final days, and the immediate aftermath of his death, which has been translated into English.
Bashō by Hokusai. Oku no Hosomichi (奥の細道, originally おくのほそ道), translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work of haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese literature of the Edo period. [1]
The haiku master Matsuo Basho often stayed at this temple, and in his will, requested that his tomb be placed next to Yoshinaka's tomb after his death. [2] After the end of World War II, the temple was in danger of extinction, but it was purchased by a private philanthropist, who also established a foundation for its subsequent maintenance and ...
Kanehira's grave is also in Otsu, but it is not close to Yoshinaka's. The Edo period poet Matsuo Bashō, pursuant to his last wishes, was buried next to Minamoto no Yoshinaka in Gichū-ji. Minamoto no Yoshinaka is one of many main characters in the Kamakura period epic, the Tale of Heike.
Nozarashi Kikō (野ざらし紀行), variously translated as The Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton or Travelogue of Weather-Beaten Bones, is the first travel journal haibun by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō. Written in the summer of 1684, the work covers Bashō's journey.
December 28 – The death of Queen Mary II of England prompts the writing of numerous elegies. [3] date unknown – Shortly before his death, Matsuo Bashō completes the writing of Oku no Hosomichi ("Narrow road to the interior"), not published until 1702.