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Classical Japanese TranslationsThursday, November 5, 2015. Matsuo Basho: The Early Years. Matsuo Bashō ( 松尾芭蕉. Is one of the most famous Japanese poets in history. Even if a lot of non-Japanese people do not know his name, they will most likely have heard of the revolutionary style of poetry that he mastered beyond any of his contemporaries: haiku. Bashō was born in Iga Prefecture in 1644 A.D., which is also the birthplace of the ninja. But that is a whole other story. His father was a low ranking samurai. Took in an interest in ̶...
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