Natus est anno1644, Kinsaku Matsuo nomine (et Munefusa Matsuo post pueritiam). FuitSamurai usque ad annum1666, dum poeta fit. NomenBashō 'banana' significat, poetam exarbore carissimo inhorto appellans.
Eiusliber notissimus estOku no Hosomichi (奥の細道, hoc estVia Angusta per Septemtrionalem Altum), de itinere Bashonis annis1689-1691. Mortuus estOsacae anno1694.
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