Matsuo Basho

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The old pond-
A frog leaps in,
And a splash.

Matsuo Basho

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Topic

Nature scene

Author

Matsuo Basho

Medium

Haiku Poem

Language

Japanese

Time

1686 1680s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Basho, Matsuo. Haiku. c. 1686.

Current Citation

Basho, Matsuo. Basho: The Complete Haiku, translated by Jane Reichhold. Kodansha International, 2013.

The months and days are the travelers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers... I too for years past have been stirred by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming.

Matsuo Basho

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Topic

Wanderlust Eternity

Author

Matsuo Basho

Source

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Genre

Travel writing

Language

Japanese

Time

1694 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Basho, Matsuo. おくのほそ道 [The Narrow Road to the Deep North]. Tokyo, 1702.

Current Citation

Basho, Matsuo. "The Narrow Road to the Deep North." The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches, translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa. Penguin Classics, 1967.