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Statue of Basho at Yamadera

Matsuo Basho (Japanese: 松尾芭蕉) (1644–1694) was a renowned Japanese poet of haiku. His best-known poem is the "frog haiku":

Japanese	Romaji	English
古池や蛙飛びこむ水の音	furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto	Into the ancient pond A frog jumps Water’s sound!^[1]

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-'''Basho''' 1644 – November 28, 1694, was a renowned [[Japanese]] [[poet]] of [[haiku]].
+[[File:Statue of Basho at Yamadera.jpg|thumbnail|Statue of Basho at Yamadera]]
+'''Matsuo Basho''' ([[Japanese]]: 松尾 芭蕉) (1644–1694) was a renowned [[Japanese]] [[poet]] of [[haiku]]. His best-known poem is the "frog haiku":
-[[Category:Poets]]
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Japanese
+! ''Romaji''
+! English
+|-
+|古池や<br />
+蛙飛びこむ<br />
+水の音<br />
+|furu ike ya<br />
+kawazu tobikomu<br />
+mizu no oto<br />
+| Into the ancient pond<br />
+A frog jumps<br />
+Water’s sound!<ref>Translation by D. T. Suzuki: http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm</ref>
+|}
+==References==
+<references/>
+==External links==
+*[http://www.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/life.html "Basho's Life"]
+*[http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm 30 English translations of the "frog haiku"]
+[[Category:Japanese Poets]]
+[[Category:Buddhists]]