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'''Matsuo Basho''' ([[Japanese]]:松尾 芭蕉) (1644–1694) was a renowned [[Japanese]] [[poet]] of [[haiku]].
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'''Matsuo Basho''' ([[Japanese]]: 松尾 芭蕉) (1644–1694) was a renowned [[Japanese]] [[poet]] of [[haiku]]. His best-known poem is the "frog haiku":
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Into the ancient pond<br />
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A frog jumps<br />
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Water’s sound!<ref>Translation by D. T. Suzuki: http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm</ref>
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</blockquote>
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===References===
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<references/>
    
[[Category:Poets]]
 
[[Category:Poets]]
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