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 ...

With only a few words, a Haiku master can paint a picture so vivid it's as if the reader is standing beside them — great travel writers have similar abilities. Matsuo Basho was both. “The Narrow Road ...

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 ...

Part of what makes Matsuo Bashōs words feel timeless is their emotional honesty. Many people today experience pressure to ...

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 ...

From left, poets Momoko Kuroda, Yasuaki Inoue, Kai Hasegawa, and Arthur Binard are seen during a talk session at "Oku no Hosomichi Summit" in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, on July 30, 2022.

Matsuo Munefusa was born in Ueno, Iga Province, part of present‐day Mie Prefecture. One of six children, his father was a low ranking provincial samurai who made a living by teaching calligraphy.

OTSU--Spanning 40 meters, a three-volume picture scroll depicting the life of poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is on view in its entirety for the first time at the Otsu City Museum of History here.

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 ...