Basho, The Chief Poet of Japan and the Hokku, or Epigram Verses

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

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Authors: Matsuo Bashō In Year : 1917

Book Language: Multilingual

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Introduction
Early epigrams
Epigrams of Bashō
Pupils of Bashō

During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku). He is quoted as saying, “Many of my followers can write hokku as well as I can. Where I show who I really am is in linking haikai verses.” This short anthology of haiku by Bashō and his pupils features poetry in their original Japanese, with translations and commentary in English by Basil Hall Chamberlain, a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University. - Summary by Wikipedia and Rob Board