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Matsuo Basho

Portrait of Matsuo Bashō by Katsushika Hokusai, depicting the Edo-period poet in simple robes with a serene, reflective expression.

Japan’s supreme haiku master, Bashō turned solitary journeys on foot into poetry of startling clarity — from the famous frog and the old pond to The Narrow Road to the Deep North — finding eternity in the fleeting moment.