Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as a prominent figure in Japanese literature. Students will experience Japanese poetry through haiku. Standard 1. Students know ...

Ideally these two elements are united. The poet`s mind and words are understood by the reader who should be able to understand the object`s very nature. This the ideal set by the Basho-School of haiku ...

All text and haiku in the scroll were handwritten by Basho himself. He also illustrated it. Shinichi Fujita, professor emeritus of Japanese literature at Kansai University, says, “I was stunned ...

Chomu himself wrote Basho's life episodes, incorporating his famous haiku poems, such as "Furuike ya/ Kawazu tobikomu/ Mizu no oto" (An old pond/ a frog jumps in/ the splash of water), and travel ...

Robbie Basho is performing a wordless, seven-minute composition, “Chung Mei — The Chinese Orchid,” on an acoustic guitar. Played in a syncopated fingerstyle, the melodies flicker and clang ...