Matsuo Basho

"From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo"

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Source: c.1689 On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho, no.3 (translated by Lucien Stryk).

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Matsuo Basho

Matsuo Basho

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Matsuo Basho was a 17th-century Japanese poet known for his haiku, which deeply explore nature and the human experience.

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