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1644 – 1694 · Bashō's birth house
Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō walked deep into old Japan and turned the shortest poem into a whole world.
Born Bashō's birth house, Japan
About
Matsuo Bashō was born in 1644 near Ueno, in what is now Mie Prefecture, into a family of low-ranking samurai. As a young man he served a local lord and began writing verse. When his master died, Bashō left that life behind and moved toward poetry for its own sake.
Books on the Atlas
- Oku no Hosomichi c. 1702
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