Basho Matsuo

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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I have chosen as data the revisions of haiku made by Basho Matsuo in Oku no Hosomichi (1694), one of the acknowledged masterpieces of Japanese literature.
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