Basho in Kasajima (Back)

by Monica, Anna and Olivia

 

We are going be talking about Station 16 Kasajima in Basho's trip. Basho was famousfor his unique poetry and his feelings for nature. Basho liked Kasajima because he stayed over night instead of going down a small path to see the mound of Senekata. The path of Kasajima was wet from the early rainy season. We hope you have learned something about Basho and his life. Wet early wet season endless muddy road deep grass mound   Basho very muddy roads my very weakness stopped me stayed kasajima     Mound mound Lord Sanekata   mountains in the distance    overnight stay

Place means the personality of your area or you and your area. Plants, water, climate, land, soil and physical are all connected to nature in their own special way because humans have nothing to do with it. Machine, job's, clothes, building, government and communication are all connected to human in there own way because humans have most to do with it. One of the places Basho visited was Station 16-Kasajima. It is on Honshu Japan and is the 16th place he visited. I am going to talk about the nature that is in Station 16. First, some land things are Abumizuri, Shiroishi, and Kasajima. Further more, one thing about soil is that the soil was muddy because of the early wet season. Lastly, one thing that is physical in my station is Basho. I hope you have learned a little bit about the nature that was in Station 16. Sanekata to talk to him. Lastly, one clothing that is in Station 16 is Basho's raincoat. I hope you have understood more about the human side of place. Matsu Basho was very famous because ofhis Japanese poetry. He was famous for  forn of poetry called "Haiku." He also was a famous Corter. He was a very calm and religious man. Sometimes he went on very long journeys and got a better understanding of himself. Basho had problems with his body in which made it very hard to move. So he must have really needed or wanted to go on these long journeys. Once when he went on a journey he was so weak that when he passed a temple he failed to dismount his horse to worship so the gods threw him off his horse. At the end of his life he died of a sickness but he was prepared to die. When he went on long journeys he went because he grew restless with his life and poetry .He wanted to do something exciting with his life. He went on these journeys to go looking for a better life. He went to certain places because he was trying to follow in the footsteps of two other poetry writers that he really liked.Some other times after some of the journeys he tried to learn "Zen Meditation." When he went to Station 16 in a very long journey across Japan called "Kasajima" he felt depressed about the environment around him. He felt tired and weak at Kasajima.