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| | "A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things." Whether "temporary" or not, Basho gives in his seventeen syllables a significant intuition into Reality.
http://www.poetrystore.com/commenta.html |
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| | Basho's World |
| | The stations from Matsuo Basho's travel diary "The Narrow Road to the Deep North".
http://www.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/ |
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| | Biography of Basho |
| | Basho (bah-shoh), pseudonym of Matsuo Munefusa (1644-94), Japanese poet, considered the finest writer of Japanese haiku during the formative years of the genre.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/5022/bashobio.html |
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| | Encyclopedia.com - Basho |
| | Basho imbued haiku, a social pastime, with the spirit of Zen, creating a serious literary form capable of profound artistic expression.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/b/basho.asp |
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| | Matsuo Basho and Zen Haiku |
| | History of Zen monk, Basho's, creation of Zen haiku.
http://www.mnzenctr.com/sangha/matsuo.html |
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