Students will develop an understanding of Basho, the man and the poet, as a prominent figure in Japanese literature. Students will experience Japanese poetry through haiku. Standard 1. Students know ...

For Andrew Fitzsimons, translating Matsuo Basho’s haiku was both a physical and internal journey. During his quest to render Basho’s complete works into English, the Tokyo-based writer and professor ...

It wasn’t exactly the recipe Oregon baseball had in mind. A spot start, a taxed bullpen and an opponent coming off its biggest win of the... No. 70 Oregon women’s tennis (12-13, 3-10 Big Ten) was ...

BASHO'S HAIKU: Selected Poems of Matsuo Basho, translated and with an Introduction by David Landis Barnhill. Albany: State University of New York Press, 232 pp., $23.95 (paper). Matsuo Basho ...

On day six of my 100-mile trek walking across Japan, I faced this—a massive flight of stone stairs heading up Mount Haguro-san to a sacred Shinto shrine complex. For a second I thought about quitting; ...

AI shows potential in creating literary art rivaling that of humans without human help. AI-generated haiku without human intervention was compared with a contrasting method. The evaluators found it ...

Yamanaka, Japan–During his 156-day trek around northern Honshu, celebrated haiku poet Matsuo Basho was constantly on the move. But he and his companion Kawai Sora couldn’t resist the charms of the hot ...

Standard 1. Students read and understand a variety of materials. Standard 5. Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience. Standard 2. Students know physical and human ...

In the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in northern Honshu on March 11, people from all around the world turned to a traditional form of poetry to express their emotions and condolences ...