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 ...

Pictures of Yamadera (attached powerpoint), Waraji grass sandals (if available), additional Basho haiku poems (optional), chart paper, chart paper markers, haiku poems on page 3 and 5 written out ...

In today’s column there are many different shades of blue. On May 16, 1689, haiku master Matsuo Basho traveled by boat up the Sumida river in Tokyo. Disembarking at Senju, he began a five-month ...

Readers are invited to compose haiku related to this translation of a starting verse (hokku) penned by Matsuo Basho: piercing the silence penetrating the rocks the cicadas’ trilling. Mail your ...