Lovers of Japanese poetry will surely line up to purchase Enpitsu de Oku no Hosomichi DS, a Nintendo DS version of the famous collection of poems by Basho. The idea is that you can "read" the ...

Ultimately, Basho achieved success with his writing. Linked verse poetry anthologies sold well, and Basho’s poetry was often in them. Within eight years, he was asked to judge linked‐verse contests ...

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 ...

As Bradfield explains in her introduction, she was drawn to the Japanese form known as haibun, invented by the poet Basho in 1682, and adapted it for her purposes. Basho, ...

Born Daniel Robinson Jr., he adopted Basho in honor of the 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, a master of haiku. Concision, however, was not part of the guitarist’s forte. He always ...

Cid Corman, 79, an American poet and translator who lived in Japan for nearly 40 years, died Friday at a hospital in Kyoto after a heart attack.

Poet, environmentalist and one-time UB faculty member Robert Hass will deliver the annual Oscar Silverman Poetry Reading at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Baird Recital Hall, ... Versions of Basho, Buson and Issa," ...

Basho, who popularised haikus in the 17th century, tended to include in his poems kigo, or seasonal words, to anchor them temporally and thus evoke a certain emotional state.