- Basho - "A haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things." Whether "temporary" or not, Basho gives in his seventeen syllables a significant intuition into Reality.
www.poetrystore.com/commenta.html
- Basho's World - The stations from Matsuo Basho's travel diary "The Narrow Road to the Deep North".
www.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho
- Biography of Basho - Basho (bah-shoh), pseudonym of Matsuo Munefusa (1644-94), Japanese poet, considered the finest writer of Japanese haiku during the formative years of the genre.
www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/5022/bashobio.html
- Encyclopedia.com - Basho - Basho imbued haiku, a social pastime, with the spirit of Zen, creating a serious literary form capable of profound artistic expression.
www.encyclopedia.com/articles/01174.html
- Matsuo Basho and Zen Haiku - History of Zen monk, Basho's, creation of Zen haiku.
www.mnzenctr.com/sangha/matsuo.html
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