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Basho in Paintings
Basho Painting Bamboo - Sugiyama Sanpu (1647 - 1732)
http://madsilence.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/the-art-of-the-haiku/
Basho Riding a Horse by Sugiyama Sanpu
Basho on The Narrow Road to the Interior
BASHO by Yosa Buson (1716 - 1784)
Basho Ogina by Buson
Basho and Sora 1
Basho and Sora 2
Basho and Sora 3
Sora following Basho in Okuno Hosomichi Emaki - Yosa Buson
Basho Under the Banana Tree
BASHO by Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
BASHO by Kinkoku, c. 1820
Matsuo Basho (artist unknown)
Matsuo Basho by Watanabe Kazan 1793-1841
(in the British Museum Collection)
Matsuo Basho by Sugiyama Sanpu
Basho by Kinkoku Yokoi
Edo Period (1761 - 1832)
Ink and color on silk - 1814
Hanging scroll depicting the poem "Tabi No Sora" (A Traveller's Sky)
by Nishio Shiho
Basho
Basho Meets Two Travelers
by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892)
Basho of 100 Haiku Poets
Basho and Sora painting on a wall in Senju, where their journey began
Here is a version of the above prints with the text bleed-through removed:
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Basho's Altar
Basho Memorial Hall, Kyoto
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Basho Wood Carving by Ran-koo
A Clay Doll of Basho from Iga Ueno
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Statues of Basho
Along the Narrow Road
Haisei-den - Hall of the Haikai Saint at Iga Ueno
(built inside Ueno-koen Park in 1942)
1. Basho at the start of his journey - Tokyo
2. Basho at Senju: the Entrance into the Narrow Road to Oku
Basho - Facing the Sumida River, Tokyo
3. Basho at Soka, Saitama Prefecture
Basho at Soka (from the panoramic view)
7. Basho and Sora - Basho Museum at Kurobane, Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture
7. Basho on Horseback - Basho Museum at Kurobane, Nasu Tochigi Prefecture
23. Basho bronze at Chuson-ji Temple, Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture
23. Detail of the bronze Basho, Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture
Statues at Shinju, Yamagata
A bronze Basho in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture
Full view of the bronze Basho at Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture
Basho at the village of Tendo Mura
A bronze Basho in Yamadera, Yamagata Prefecture
42. A bronze of Basho at Kehi Jingu, Ironohama Beach, Kanegasaki Prefecture
Basho's Arrival at Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture
photo by Shikabane Taro
43. Basho's Arrival in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture
43. Basho's Arrival in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture
After
Bashō’s death in Ōsaka in 1694, his disciples carried his remains to Gichūji, a
small temple on the southern shore of Lake Biwa, where the poet requested that
he be buried. His tomb is located in the courtyard garden.
Basho's Grave at Gichuji Temple, Shiga Prefecture
A Smiling Matsuo Basho (unknown location)