For Andrew Fitzsimons, translating Matsuo Basho’s haiku was both a physical and internal journey. During his quest to render Basho’s complete works into English, the Tokyo-based writer and professor ...

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On day six of my 100-mile trek walking across Japan, I faced this—a massive flight of stone stairs heading up Mount Haguro-san to a sacred Shinto shrine complex. For a second I thought about quitting; ...

BASHO'S HAIKU: Selected Poems of Matsuo Basho, translated and with an Introduction by David Landis Barnhill. Albany: State University of New York Press, 232 pp., $23.95 (paper). Matsuo Basho ...

OTSU--Spanning 40 meters, a three-volume picture scroll depicting the life of poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is on view in its entirety for the first time at the Otsu City Museum of History here.

KYOTO--Fukuda Art Museum in Kyoto’s Ukyo Ward announced on May 24 that it had purchased the long-missing illustrated scroll of a travelogue by the poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) from an art dealer in ...

Yamanaka, Japan–During his 156-day trek around northern Honshu, celebrated haiku poet Matsuo Basho was constantly on the move. But he and his companion Kawai Sora couldn’t resist the charms of the hot ...

Matsuo Munefusa was born in Ueno, Iga Province, part of present‐day Mie Prefecture. One of six children, his father was a low ranking provincial samurai who made a living by teaching calligraphy.

Like many who have gone to Basho Cafe, I assumed the name alluded to the famous Japanese haiku poet who limned images such as this: “O bush warblers!/Now you’ve sh — all over/my rice cake on the porch ...