Matsuo Bashō

A bee by Matsuo Bashō and many more of his poems translated at PoemHunter.

A bee
staggers out
of the peony.

Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉?, 1644 – November 28, 1694) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as a master of brief and clear haiku. His poetry is internationally renowned, and within Japan many of his poems are reproduced on monuments and traditional sites. Interpretations of Basho's work and in classic Japanese

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