Matsuo Basho

"I hope to have gathered To repay your kindness The willow leaves Scattered in the garden."

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Source: Anthology of Japanese literature. Book by Donald Keene, 1955.

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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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