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Matsuo Bashō

1644 - 1694

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Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉, 1644 – November 28, 1694); born Matsuo Kinsaku (松尾 金作), later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa (松尾 忠右衛門 宗房) was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku). He is also well known for his travel essays beginning with Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton (1684), written after his journey west to Kyoto and Nara. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matsuo Bashō has received more than 1,089,583 page views. His biography is available in 156 different languages on Wikipedia. Matsuo Bashō is the 123rd most popular writer (down from 66th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Japan (down from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Writer.

Matsuo Bashō is most famous for his work "Oku no Hosomichi" which is a travelogue of his journey through Japan.

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  • 156

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matsuo Bashō ranks 123 out of 5,755. Before him are Sully Prudhomme, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Yukio Mishima, Henry David Thoreau, Paul Verlaine, and Alexandre Dumas fils. After him are Jean Cocteau, Apuleius, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Louis Stevenson, Haruki Murakami, and Walter Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1644, Matsuo Bashō ranks 2. Before him is Antonio Stradivari. After him are Ole Rømer, Henrietta of England, Louise de La Vallière, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Jakob Ammann, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Louis-François de Boufflers, and Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha. Among people deceased in 1694, Matsuo Bashō ranks 2. Before him is Mary II of England. After him are Marcello Malpighi, Samuel von Pufendorf, Antoine Arnauld, Natalya Naryshkina, Suleiman of Persia, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Francesco Morosini, John George IV, Elector of Saxony, Vittoria della Rovere, and Pierre Puget.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Matsuo Bashō ranks 11 out of 6,048. Before him are Hayao Miyazaki (1941), Miyamoto Musashi (1584), Oda Nobunaga (1534), Emperor Meiji (1852), Kanō Jigorō (1860), and Yukio Mishima (1925). After him are Haruki Murakami (1949), Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542), Naruhito (1960), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536), Murasaki Shikibu (973), and Isoroku Yamamoto (1884).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Matsuo Bashō ranks 3. Before him are Miyamoto Musashi (1584) and Yukio Mishima (1925). After him are Haruki Murakami (1949), Murasaki Shikibu (973), Osamu Dazai (1909), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Sei Shōnagon (966), Natsume Sōseki (1867), and Kazuo Ishiguro (1954).

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