Basho

American  

[bah-shaw] / bɑˈʃɔ /

noun

1. Basho Matsuo, 1644?–94, Japanese poet.

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Basho ¹ British  

/ bɑːˈʃɔː /

noun

1. full name Matsuo Basho , originally Matsuo Munefusa . 1644–94, Japanese poet and travel writer, noted esp for his haiku

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basho ² British  

/ ˈbæʃəʊ /

noun

1. a grand tournament in sumo wrestling

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Etymology

Origin of basho

C20: from Japanese

Example Sentences

“As Matsuo Basho wrote, it’s a scary spot,” he said.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

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

The downtown L.A. museum this week unveiled a new mural by Katie Yamasaki that includes a haiku by Basho, a poet of the Edo era.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2014

The Joei Shikimoku is not a voluminous document: it contains only fifty-one brief articles, which the poet Basho compares to the luminosity of the full moon.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)