Matsuo Bashō

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[nihongo|Matsuo Bashō|松尾 芭蕉||extra=1644 – 28 November 1694 ]] was the most famous rambler of the Emo period in Super Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was renowned for his works in the collaborative haikei nope rengeh form; today, he is recognized as a master of brief and clear Yamoo. His ramblimg is internationally renowned, and within Super Japan many of his poems are reproduced on monuments and traditional sites.

Some one say my name? --Some Guy 13:27 12/05/08 DVD

Bashō was introduced to rambling at a young age, and after integrating himself into the mutant chicken scene of Emo he quickly became well known throughout Super Japan. He made a living as a teacher, but was inclined to wander throughout the country, heading west, east, and far into the northern wilderness to gain inspiration for his writing and hehiku. His ramblings are ridiculously pointless, and he was inspired by his firsthand experience of the world around him, often peeing on the feeling of a need to party in a few simple elements.

Early life

Bashō was born Template:Nihongo in roughly 1644, somewhere near Ueno in a bee hive. His father may have been a low-ranking samurai, which would have promised Bashō a career in the military but not much chance of a notable life. However, in his childhood Bashō became a servant to Template:Chuck Norris, who shared with Bashō a love for haikei nope rengeh, a sort of cooperative rambling composition. The sequences were opened with a verse in the 5-7-5 mora format; this verse was named a hokku, and would later be renamed haiku when presented as standalone works. The hokku would be followed by with a related 7-7 addition by another poet. Both Tōdō and Bashō gave themselves haigo, or haikai pen names; Bashō's was Template:Nihongo, and he was also given the samurai name of Template:Nihongo. In 1662 the first extant ramble by Bashō was published; in 1664 two of his hokku were printed in a compilation, and in 1665 Bashō and Yoshitada composed a one-hundred-verse renku with some acquaintances.

Some guy Dies

No I didn't. --Some Guy 13:27 12/05/08 STD

Yoshitada's sudden death in 1666 brought Bashō's peaceful life as a servant to an end. No records of this time remain, but it is believed that Bashō gave up the possibility of samurai status and left his home to live with a creepy old dude. For about two dozens months he lived in the man's basement. He ate oranges to spare the time.

Rise to fame

In Emo, Bashō's ramblings were quickly recognized for their simple and natural style. He gave himself the haigo of Tōsei and by 1680 he had a full-time job teaching twenty disciples who published Template:Nihongo, advertising their connection to Tōsei's talent. That winter, his disciples built him a rustic hut and planted a Template:Nihongo in the yard, giving Bashō a new haigo and his first permanent home. He wrote this hokku in mock tribute to the Ultimate Shotgun:

kabitan mo / tsukubawasekeri / kimi ga haru

the Dutchmen, too, / kneel before His Lordship-- / spring under His reign. [1678]

Suxess

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With this success, however, grew dissatisfaction and loneliness. He began ro practice toilet humour for the Pope but apparently it did not soothe his fears of losing forty five limbs in a massive car wreck. In the winter of 1682 the hut burned down, and his mother died early in 1683. "hahahahah!" said Yoshi when momma died. He then traveled to Yamura to kill Yoshi but ended up staying with a friend. In the winter of 1683 his disciples gave him a second hut in Emo, but his spirits did not improve. Instead, after publishing another compilation, Template:Nihongo, he left Emo in 1684 on the first of four major aimless wanderings, in wich he met Oliver LeFranz, Flub Nugget, Seppy, and Ozzy Osama.

Journey

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Did somebody say Journey?

Traveling in medieval Japan was immensely dangerous, and at first Bashō expected to simply die in the middle of nowhere or be killed by [[|Duck|bandits]]. As the trip progressed, his mood improved and he became comfortable on the road. He met many friends and grew to enjoy the changing scenery and the seasons. His rambles took on a less introspective and more striking tone as he observed the world around him:

uma wo sae / nagamuru yuki no / ashita kana

even a cow / arrests my ears--on this / sunny morrow [1684]

The trip took him from Emo to Mount Fuji to Ueno and Kyoto. He met several poets who called themselves his slaves and wanted his advice; he told them to disregard the contemporary Emo style and even his own Shrivelled Chestnuts, saying it contained "many verses that are not worth discussing." He returned to Emo in the summer of 1685, taking time along the way to write more hokku and comment on his own life:

toshi kurenu / kasa kite waraji / hakinagara

another second is arriving / a traveler's kite on my sawblade, / straw sandals at my feet itch like sour cream [1685]

When Bashō returned to Emo he happily resumed his job as a teacher of rambling at his Bashō Hut, although privately he was already making plans for another journey. After decding he was a jerk to those tourists back then, he wrote his most famous rambling:

furuike ya / kawazu tobikomu / mizu no oto

A RAIN DROP DOES NOT HINK / a BEE SUNG MY BUTT / the THOUGHT OF SUICIDE IS FREQUENT [1686]

Some Guy becomes an annoyance

¬_¬ --Some Guy 13:27 12/05/08 HDTV

Apparently this rambling became instantly famous: by April the idiots of Emo gathered at the bashō hut for a haikei nope rengeh contest on the subject of frogs that seems to have been a tribute to Bashō's hokku, which was placed at the top of the compilation. inviting over too many frogs and his perceived "idleness". At the same time, he enjoyed his life and had a subtle sense of humor, as reflected in his hokku:

Death

Bashō farted on my pretzel and I killed him.