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Cherry blossoms are seen in full bloom on the grounds of Yamadera temple in the city of Yamagata, April 22, 2025. (Mainichi/Tadahiko Mori) Donald Keene's journey tracing the footsteps of haiku poet ...

In the 17th Century, haiku master Matsuo Basho wandered across feudal Japan in search of inspiration, writing directly from firsthand experience with the swiftness of a sword slicing a melon in two.

Yamanaka, Japan–During his 156-day trek around northern Honshu, celebrated haiku poet Matsuo Basho was constantly on the move. But he and his companion Kawai Sora couldn’t resist the charms of the hot ...

IGA, Mie -- A mushroomlike structure here commemorates the 300th anniversary of the birth of haiku master Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), with its roof designed to look like a hat worn by the traveling poet ...

KYOTO--Fukuda Art Museum in Kyoto’s Ukyo Ward announced on May 24 that it had purchased the long-missing illustrated scroll of a travelogue by the poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) from an art dealer in ...

OTSU--Spanning 40 meters, a three-volume picture scroll depicting the life of poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is on view in its entirety for the first time at the Otsu City Museum of History here.