Matsuo Bashō
1644–1694 · poet · Japan
Arts and ideas46 years old in 1690
Matsuo Bashō; born Matsuo Kinsaku, later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. 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. He is also well known for his travel essays beginning with Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton (1684), written after his journey west to Kyoto and Nara.
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- 1644
- 168945 years oldBashō sets out for the deep northtraveller and poet
- 169450 years oldDies