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Matsuo Bashō

Matsuo Bashō

1644–1694

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Master of haiku who treated travel and noticing as a spiritual craft — fewer words, more world.

Story so far

  1. 1644personal

    Born in Iga Province

  2. 1662work

    First poem published

  3. 1666personal

    Yoshitada's death; leaves service

  4. 1672work

    Moves to Edo

  5. 1680highlight

    Takes name Bashō; moves to Fukagawa

  6. 1684work

    First major journey; Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton

  7. 1686highlight

    Composes famous frog haiku

  8. 1689highlight

    Journey to the Deep North begins

  9. 1691personal

    Returns to Edo; adopts 'lightness'

  10. 1694death

    Final journey and death

  11. 1702legacy

    Oku no Hosomichi published posthumously

  12. 1793legacy

    Deified by Shinto

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