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Buddhist : Zen / Chan
17th Century

 

About Basho

Timeline (1644 - 1694)

 Basho, Basho poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, poetry, poetry

 

 

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English version by
Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto

Original Language
Japanese
Wintry day,

 
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

A Box of Zen: Haiku the Poetry of Zen, Koans the Lessons of Zen, Sayings the Wisdom of Zen, Edited by Manuela Dunn Mascetti / Edited by Timothy Hugh Barrett
Classic Haiku: An Anthology of Poems by Basho and His Followers, Translated by Asataro Miyamori
The Complete Basho Poems, Translated by Keith Harrison
The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson & Issa, Translated by Robert Hass

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Wintry day,
on my horse
a frozen shadow.

 

 

-- from Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

 

 

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