Akiko Busch is the author of “From the Millpond to the Sea,” to be published in November.

Basho was the most famous haiku poet in the Edo period of Japan’s history. He spent much of his life on foot, traveling across the country looking for inspiration for his poems.

The 2025 schedule includes two exhibitions showcasing the museum’s permanent collection and three solo shows that focus on ...

Lesson Title:Exploring Haiku through Basho and the FoxBy:Lynn Hannapel, Wendy Durst, Kelly Hirneisen, and Nancy KelsoObjective:Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as ...

Basho in the machine Humans find attributes of beauty and discomfort in algorithmic haiku Date: December 2, 2022 Source: Kyoto University Summary: AI shows potential in creating literary art ...

Text- Grass Sandals: The Travels of Basho, Pictures of Yamadera (attached powerpoint), Waraji grass sandals (if available), additional Basho haiku poems (optional), chart paper, chart paper markers, ...

Donald Keene's journey tracing the footsteps of haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) in Basho's masterpiece "Oku no Hosomichi," which Keene later translated into English as "The Narrow Road to Oku ...

Basho wandered the Tohoku region, in the north of Japan’s main island, on a five-month trek documented in the classic haiku-punctuated travelogue Oku no Hosomichi (Narrow Road to the Deep North).

Basho (1644-1694) was fond of the cicada as a subject for his spare and moving poetry. Here’s another Basho haiku, translated by William George Aston: The cry of the cicada.