born famous poet period japan lifetime recognized works collaborative form today centuries commentary recognized greatest master called poetry internationally renowned japan poems reproduced monuments traditional sites famous west believed best work lay leading participating quoted saying followers write linking verses introduced poetry young integrating intellectual scene modern tokyo quickly known japan living teacher renounced social urban life literary circles inclined country heading west east far northern wilderness gain inspiration writing poems influenced experience world feeling scene simple elements early life born near father low ranking promised career military chance notable life biographers traditionally claimed worked child servant shared love form collaborative poetry composition sequence opened verse format verse named centuries later renamed presented stand work followed related verse poet gave pen names simply sino japanese reading adult extant poem published printed compilation acquaintances composed verse sudden death brought peaceful life servant end records time remain believed gave possibility status left home biographers proposed reasons destinations including possibility affair named unlikely true references time vague recalled time official post tenure land time fascinated ways homosexual love indication referring real fictional ones uncertain time poet account alternatives battled mind life restless influenced relatively low status social activities artistic endeavors case poems continued published published compilation work authors school game spring year moved study poetry rise fame fashionable literary circles poetry quickly recognized simple natural style inducted inner circle profession receiving secret teachings wrote mock tribute spring reign founder leader school came osaka poets invited compose occasion gave time job teaching disciples published best poems disciples advertising connection talent winter took surprising step moving river public eye life disciples built planted banana tree yard giving new permanent home appreciated plant happy native grass growing alongside new banana plant sign despite success grew dissatisfied lonely began practice meditation mind winter burned shortly early mother died traveled stay friend winter disciples gave second spirits improve disciple published compilation poets later year left major traveled beaten path medieval japan regarded immensely dangerous expected simply die middle killed trip progressed mood improved comfortable road met friends grew enjoy changing scenery seasons poems took introspective striking tone observed world horse arrests eyes snowy trip took mount met poets called disciples wanted advice told disregard contemporary style saying contained verses worth discussing returned summer taking time way write comment life year gone traveler shade head straw feet returned happily resumed job teacher poetry privately making plans journey poems journey published account exposure fields early composed best remembered ancient pond frog jumps splash water historians believe poem instantly famous april poets gathered contest subject frogs tribute placed compilation stayed continuing teach hold contests excursion autumn traveled countryside moon watching longer trip returned celebrate lunar new year home alternated rejecting visitors company time enjoyed life subtle sense humor reflected let enjoy snow slip fall private planning long journey described narrow road deep north culminated left student apprentice journey headed north reached june walked western island touring july began hiking pace coastline day journey traveled total northeastern areas returning late time reached completed log journey edited years writing final version narrow road interior edition published posthumously immediate commercial success poets followed path journey considered finest achievement featuring rough sea stretching way years return winter lived provided disciples time took nephew female friend recovering illness great visitors continued uneasy wrote friend disturbed peace mind living teaching appearances parties late august shut gate refused anybody month finally relented adopting principle semi buddhist philosophy mundane world separating left time summer spending time arrival osaka sick stomach illness died peacefully surrounded disciples compose formal death poem deathbed following poem recorded final illness generally accepted poem farewell falling sick journey dream goes wandering field dried grass influence literary criticism sticking remain popular japan today reflect real environment emotions lifetime effort style poetry widely appreciated death increased students compiled quotations poetry notably 18th century appreciation poems grew commentators went great length find references historical events medieval books poems commentators lavish praise obscure references probably literary false bureaucracy time criticizing poetry literally late 19th century period unanimous passion poems came end arguably famous critic tore long standing bold objections style instrumental making poetry accessible english leading intellectuals japanese public large invented term replacing refer form considered artistic desirable critical interpretation poems continued 20th century notable works 20th century saw translations poems languages editions world position western eyes poet par excellence gives great influence poetry western preference traditional forms rendered status japanese poet japanese poetry western scholars believe invented nature verse greatly influenced poets poems popularized short story written published new_yorker magazine named crater found mercury list works game chestnut record weather exposed skeleton winter days spring days frog contest visit shrine record travel worn visit village monkey saga diary banana tree anthology sack detached room narrow road interior monkey continued denotes title seven major english translations journey selected literary prose trans albany isbn narrow road deep north travel sketches trans isbn narrow road interior writings trans boston isbn trans boston isbn selected poems trans albany isbn narrow road trans illustrated tokyo isbn monkey trans new_york isbn trans tokyo isbn monkey straw poetry trans princeton isbn love trans classics isbn fiction appeared book dragon red dawn
Matsuo Bashō