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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":
'''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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! Japanese
! English
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|古池や<br />
蛙飛びこむ<br />
水の音<br />
| Into the ancient pond<br />
A frog jumps<br />
A frog jumps<br />
Water’s sound!<ref>Translation by D. T. Suzuki: http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm</ref>
Water’s sound!<ref>Translation by D. T. Suzuki: http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm</ref>
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===References===
===References===
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===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:Poets]]
[[Category:Poets]]