Matsuo Bashō Quotes

Matsuo Bashō (Poet, 1644 – 1694). Below are 4 quotes by Matsuo Bashō from QuotePlace, each as a portrait card.

Poet · 1644 – 1694

Japan's most famous haiku master, whose travel journals and spare verses defined the form.

Quotes by Matsuo Bashō

1.An old silent pond — A frog jumps into the pond — Splash! Silence again.

2.The temple bell stops — but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers.

3.In the cicada's cry no sign can foretell how soon it must die.

4.Sick on my journey — my dreams wander over withered fields.

An old silent pond — A frog jumps into the pond — Splash! Silence again.

The temple bell stops — but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers.

In the cicada's cry no sign can foretell how soon it must die.

Sick on my journey — my dreams wander over withered fields.