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Web Sites in Category Basho
Basho - "A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things." Whether "temporary" or not, Basho gives in his seventeen syllables a significant intuition into Reality.

Basho's World - The stations from Matsuo Basho's travel diary "The Narrow Road to the Deep North".

Biography of Basho - Basho (bah-shoh), pseudonym of Matsuo Munefusa (1644-94), Japanese poet, considered the finest writer of Japanese haiku during the formative years of the genre.

Encyclopedia.com - Basho - Basho imbued haiku, a social pastime, with the spirit of Zen, creating a serious literary form capable of profound artistic expression.

Matsuo Basho and Zen Haiku - History of Zen monk, Basho's, creation of Zen haiku.

Related Categories:
Arts > Literature > Authors > B > Basho, Matsuo Munefusa
Arts > Literature > Poetry > Forms > Haiku and Related Forms
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