C20: from Japanese
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Setting out from Senju, on the banks of the Sumida River, in present-day Sumida-ku, Basho composed this haiku: Departing spring, birds cry out, tears in the eyes of fishes.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2023
She’s closer to Basho, who incorporated Eastern influences into his raga-like playing, or even to the proto-New Age guitarist Ralph Towner, whose playing has the crystalline tone of a classical piano.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2021
Kyushu Basho in Fukuoka from Nov. 8-22 moved to Tokyo.
From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2020
Robbins is a guy who goes to the mat for what he believes in, whether its Marx’s theory of surplus value or a Basho haiku, Hopkins’ “Spring and Fall” or Lana Del Rey’s “Honeymoon.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2017
Matsuo Basho Was the father of the haikai and the hokku, and his mantle descended upon Kikaku, Ransetsu, Kyoriku, and other celebrities.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
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