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

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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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Born at Kanazawa in 1640, died in Kyoto in 1714.
Training under Matsuo Bashō is recorded. The recorded working language is Japanese.
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1640
Nozawa Bonchō born at Kanazawa.
1714
Nozawa Bonchō died at Kyoto.
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- 1.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bonchō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 80.
- 2.Sieffert, René. Bashô et son école Haïkaï, Les éditions Textuel, 2005,
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