Prologue (Back)

by Rebecca and Birke

This paragraph is the prologue about where Basho lived before he went on his journey. This happened in Edo on the island Honshu. We learned that Basho was important because he was a very gifted poet and made poetry-art. He felt calm and relaxed when he visited the places because he loved poetry and nature. He thought that Edo was busier compared to other places that he traveled to. We hope you have a fun time learning about Basho.  

Movement                                                    Boat on Night Water

spring mist                                                        rising moon

cloud moving wind                                             moving wind

rambling along the coast                                   steering boat

Cold Spring Mist                                                Traveling

moving wind                                                      cloud moving wind

last autumn                                                       rambling along the coast

spring mist begins to rise                                    every minute of his life traveling

Matsu Basho was one of the greatest master's of Japanese poetry. He was tempted to wander and travel because he became unhappy with his life and his poetry .He went out to find calmness and peace because he loved to write haikus. He linked an eight-piece verse and hung it on a wooden pillar. All he could ever think ofwas poetry because he loved it. Basho was supposed to be a samurai .He discovered he had an interest in poetry when he started taking lessons from a great poet. After awhile Basho became unhappy with his life and his poetry .He wanted to see the places that the poets he liked went to and wrote about. So, he decided to go on his long journey a cross Japan.

Place is the personality of your area. Plant, water, soil and flowers are connected to the nature part of place because this is what you need to plant. Climate and land is connected because talks about big stuff. Jobs, language, clothes, communication and being poor/rich are connected because they are people do. As are machines, building and government in our station there were people who steered boats across the sea or drove a horse over the earth. (Human) "1 sold my house moving to cottage of Sampu a temporary stay ." His house was in Edo by the banana tree. If I were Basho I will feel calm in my house and my house and I can relax and write poems of my journey.