Basho's thoughts on...
Matsuo Basho 1644~1694
The only substantial
collection in English
of Basho's renku, tanka,
letters and spoken word
along with his haiku, travel
journals, and essays.
The only poet in old-time
literature who paid attention with praise
to ordinary women, children, and teenagers
in hundreds of poems
Hundreds upon hundreds of Basho works
(mostly renku)about women, children,
teenagers, friendship, compassion, love.
These are resources we can use to better
understand ourselves and humanity.
Interesting and heartfelt
(not scholarly and boring)
for anyone concerned with
humanity.
“An astonishing range of
social subject matter and
compassionate intuition”
"The primordial power
of the feminine emanating
from Basho's poetry"
Hopeful, life-affirming
messages from one of
the greatest minds ever.
Through his letters,
we travel through his mind
and discover Basho's
gentleness and humanity.
I plead for your help in
finding a person or group
to take over my 3000 pages of Basho material,
to edit and improve the material, to receive 100%
of royalties, to spread Basho’s wisdom worldwide
and preserve for future generations.
Quotations from Basho Prose
The days and months are
guests passing through eternity.
The years that go by
also are travelers.
The mountains in silence
nurture the spirit;
the water with movement
calms the emotions.
All the more joyful,
all the more caring
Seek not the traces
of the ancients;
seek rather the
places they sought.
basho4humanity
@gmail.com
Plea for Affiliation
Plea For Affiliation
I pray for your help
in finding someone
- individual, university,
or foundation -
to take over my
3000 pages of material,
to cooperate with me
to edit the material,
to receive all royalties
from sales, to spread
Basho’s wisdom worldwide,
and preserve for
future generations.
basho4humanity
@gmail.com
Welcome to Basho4Humanity
• The only substantial collection in English of Basho’s
linked verse, tanka, letters, and spoken word •
• Hundreds upon hundreds of Basho works about women,
children, friendship, compassion and love.
• Interesting and heartfelt (not scholarly and boring)
for anyone concerned with humanity.
The only poet in old-time literature
who paid attention with praise
to women and children.
"The primordial power of the feminine
emanating from Basho's poetry"
“An astonishing range of social subject matter
and compassionate intuition”.
Hopeful, life-affirming messages from one
of the greatest minds of all time.
Jokes and anecdotes make Basho4Humanity
trippy and fun for the non-scholar.
Travel within the mind of Basho through
personal letters to close friends and his brother.
"I did of course savor your incredible website as soon as you sent me the link, and the work (and love) that have gone into it are astonishing. It’s such a rich resource for the world, and I was moved that you had taken all the time and trouble to share these decades of research (and fun) with the planet."
Pico Iyer
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Basho’s Works on Humanity
- 250 Basho haiku about people and human experience
- 348 Basho renku or linked verses exploring humanity
- 3 tanka: few but vital
- 100 prose passages, many humorous
- Hundreds of sections from 60 Basho letters to his close friends and older brother
- 40 passages of Basho’s spoken word recorded by his followers
- Extensive commentary translated from Japanese or written by the compiler during the past 35 years.
- Endnotes provide Japanese sources.
These are resources for human self-understanding, yet are known only to a few scholars.
Most scholars will not even look at these works; they simply have no room in their minds
for a joyful, sensual, pro-female Basho. We go beyond the scholars, to experience the
lively and joyful Basho scholars ignore and avoid.
These haiku, renku, tanka, haibun, letters, spoken word should be taught through the humanities and social sciences, for they offer a positive, life-affirming vision of humanity we need in this world today. They should be taught to children, for Basho, alone in world literature, uses simple ordinary words to portray women and children of every age.
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Basho's thoughts on...
Matsuo Basho 1644~1694
The only substantial
collection in English
of Basho's renku, tanka,
letters and spoken word
along with his haiku, travel
journals, and essays.
The only poet in old-time
literature who paid attention with praise
to ordinary women, children, and teenagers
in hundreds of poems
Hundreds upon hundreds of Basho works
(mostly renku)about women, children,
teenagers, friendship, compassion, love.
These are resources we can use to better
understand ourselves and humanity.
Interesting and heartfelt
(not scholarly and boring)
for anyone concerned with
humanity.
“An astonishing range of
social subject matter and
compassionate intuition”
"The primordial power
of the feminine emanating
from Basho's poetry"
Hopeful, life-affirming
messages from one of
the greatest minds ever.
Through his letters,
we travel through his mind
and discover Basho's
gentleness and humanity.
I plead for your help in
finding a person or group
to take over my 3000 pages of Basho material,
to edit and improve the material, to receive 100%
of royalties, to spread Basho’s wisdom worldwide
and preserve for future generations.
Quotations from Basho Prose
The days and months are
guests passing through eternity.
The years that go by
also are travelers.
The mountains in silence
nurture the spirit;
the water with movement
calms the emotions.
All the more joyful,
all the more caring
Seek not the traces
of the ancients;
seek rather the
places they sought.
basho4humanity
@gmail.com
Plea for Affiliation
Plea For Affiliation
I pray for your help
in finding someone
- individual, university,
or foundation -
to take over my
3000 pages of material,
to cooperate with me
to edit the material,
to receive all royalties
from sales, to spread
Basho’s wisdom worldwide,
and preserve for
future generations.
basho4humanity
@gmail.com
