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Ba·sho

 (bä′shō, bä-shô′), Matsuo 1644-1694.
Japanese poet known for his composition of haiku infused with the spirit of Zen Buddhism.
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basho

(ˈbæʃəʊ)
n, pl basho
(Wrestling) a grand tournament in sumo wrestling
[C20: from Japanese]

Basho

(bɑːˈʃɔː)
n
(Biography) full name Matsuo Basho, originally Matsuo Munefusa. 1644–94, Japanese poet and travel writer, noted esp for his haiku
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Elena Passarello, Let Me Clear My Throat: Essays (Sarabande Books, 2012) "Walkman," by Michael Robbins, online at theparisreview.org (Issue 218, Fall 2016) and the playlist concluding Robbins's Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music (Simon 8c Schuster 2017), which mixes Matsuo Basho, Beyonce, Gwendolyn Brooks, and the Beastie Boys.
Hakutani dwells on the Japanese haiku's depiction of nature rather than emotion and treats in considerable detail parallels between some of Pound's poems, especially "In a Station of the Metro," and haikus by Fujiwara Sadaiye, Matsuo Basho, and Arakida Moritake (the last of whom is mentioned by Pound in "Vorticism").
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