Four Haiku

Matsuo BashōMatsuo Bashō

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Spring:
A hill without a name
Veiled in morning mist.The beginning of autumn:
Sea and emerald paddy
Both the same green.The winds of autumn
Blow: yet still green
The chestnut husks.A flash of lightning:
Into the gloom
Goes the heron's cry.
Matsuo Bashō
About the poet

Matsuo Bashō

1644 - 1694/Male/JapaneseThe most famous poet of the Edo period, Bashō is a master of haiku, he was a teacher who renounced urban life and began to wander the country.

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