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The cicadas cry

Matsuo Bashō – Collection 1

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Stillness –
the cicada’s cry
drills into the rocks.

Matsuo Bashō

Matsuo Bashō – Collection 1

Matsuo Bashō

Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku). Matsuo Bashō's poetry is internationally renowned; and, in Japan, many of his poems are reproduced on monuments and traditional sites.

source: wikipedia