The intent of the lesson is to focus on the idea of haiku and Basho as a person and poet. Introduce and discuss the 7 characteristics of writing haiku on chart paper. Anchor the idea with examples of ...

For example, in the Japanese winter which takes place during November ... The poet`s mind and words are understood by the reader who should be able to understand the object`s very nature. This the ...

Chomu himself wrote Basho's life episodes, incorporating his famous haiku poems, such as "Furuike ya/ Kawazu tobikomu/ Mizu no oto" (An old pond/ a frog jumps in/ the splash of water), and travel ...

All text and haiku in the scroll were handwritten by Basho himself. He also illustrated it. Shinichi Fujita, professor emeritus of Japanese literature at Kansai University, says, “I was stunned ...