For 10 points, name this author of Narrow Road and a famous haiku about an old pond and a jumping frog.
In 1689, he and his disciple Sora walked 1,500 miles over the course of five months. The manuscript of his journey, Oku no Hosomichi, has just been discovered and authenticated by Sakurai Takejiro--no light task when the author was arguably Japan's greatest poet. For 10 points, name this author of Narrow Road and a famous haiku about an old pond and a jumping frog.
In 1689, he and his disciple Sora walked 1,500 miles over the course of five months.
{Basho} Matsuo