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Nozawa Bonchō

Illustration — Bonchō portrait Nozawa Nozawa Bonchō was a Japanese haikai poet. He was born in Kanazawa, and spent most of his life in Kyoto working as a doctor. Bonchō was one of Matsuo Bashō's leading disciples and, together with Kyorai, he edited the Bashō school's Monkey's Raincoat (Sarumino) anthology of 1689.

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Nozawa Bonchō

凡兆 — Nozawa Bonchō (1640 — 1714) 芭蕉 — Matsuo Bashō (1644 — 1694) 去来 — Mukai Kyorai (1651 — 1704) 3 Japanese haikai poets, authors of kasen-renga 市中は (いちなかは) — Ichinaka wa ("In the Town" or "The Summer Moon") 1690 Collage by Dmitri N. Smirnov made of the old Japanese prints

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Born
1640 · Kanazawa.
Died
1714 · Kyoto.
Nationality
Japan
Occupation
poet
Teachers
Matsuo Bashō
Languages
Japanese

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Illustration — Bonchō portrait Nozawa Nozawa Bonchō was a Japanese haikai poet. He was born in Kanazawa, and spent most of his life in Kyoto working as a doctor. Bonchō was one of Matsuo Bashō's leading disciples and, together with Kyorai, he edited the Bashō school's Monkey's Raincoat (Sarumino) anthology of 1689.

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