For 10 points, name the country in which Basho wrote haikus.
One recent work from this country, written to "counter fundamentalism," alludes to George Orwell and is titled 1Q84 (one-Q-eight-four). Another work from this country begins with the assertion "I am a Cat," while an author from this country included the novels The Decay of the Angel and Spring Snow in his tetralogy The (*) Sea of Fertility. Novels set in this country include The Sound of the Mountain, The Woman in the Dunes, and Snow Country. For 10 points, name the country in which Basho wrote haikus.
One recent work from this country, written to "counter fundamentalism," alludes to George Orwell and is titled 1Q84 (one-Q-eight-four).
{Japan} [or {Nihon}; or {Nippon}]